Rape. When we hear the word many unsettling images pop into our heads, all of which typically follow the classic tale of how it so commonly occurs. A drunk girl is taken advantage of, she is followed on her way home, someone slips something into her drink.. but what we fail to recognize are the situations that don't fit the cookie cutter images. Now, what needs to be understood is that when I say these situations go unrecognized, I am not referring to rape victims being ignored or not taken seriously. I am referring to what our society cautions women to stay alert for.. "Never leave your drink at the bar", "Don't walk home alone", "Tell your friends where you are", the list could really go on. While all those tips are good to keep in mind, by no means do they promise your safety. All it takes is patience and a warm smile to get you behind closed doors and before you know it, things take a wrong turn. Well thats what happened to me. It was December
How can we wait for time to heal? This is a question I ask myself quite often. What I have discovered is that you're not awaiting time, you are rather awaiting yourself to accept something that your mind refuses to understand. It is as though the straight edge map your body was programmed to follow is disrupted my something so obscure that adjusting almost seems impossible. Or as though adjusting conforms to a type of giving in. Him winning is more than just a loss for myself, to me it is a loss of dignity, control and most importantly, is a loss to the power of women. I use to perceive the word feminism as a scapegoat for psychotic women to reverse the roles of dominance, making men the lower beings on the scale. Feminism is the support of equality, the word itself is quite deceiving but it really is just the support of fairness among all genders. I now have come to realize I am a feminist, not just due to my desire for women to become empowered and appreciated; but for my desire