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SoCalDem

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5. Only 1 in 5?

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 06:07 PM

Dec 2011

Trust me, there are more than that.. 1-in-5 admitted it in this survey, but it's higher than that

Many women take YEARS (decades) to come to terms with what happened to them to even finally admit it to themselves.

Regardless of "how far we've come", shame & guilt cause millions of women to push it down so deep, they cannot admit it to themselves until they are ready. A phone survey probably won't do it.

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Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Report Sexual Assault [View all] The Straight Story Dec 2011 OP

women have been saying this on this board and dismissed to readily. women assaulted raped more than seabeyond Dec 2011 #1

k&r uppityperson Dec 2011 #2

Appalling. I wonder how that measures against other places in the world Bucky Dec 2011 #3

You might be surprised slackmaster Dec 2011 #4

Only 1 in 5? SoCalDem Dec 2011 #5