Today in rape culture: Vanderbilt and Amherst edition (cross posted HOF)

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3. I found the Amerst student's account of the incident

Trigger warning because it is a very emotional account?

http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/?q=article/2012/10/17/account-sexual-assault-amherst-college

It seems that a year after the rape incident, she suffered a breakdown in class and made some statements that suggested suicidal thoughts. She was taken to Cooley Dickinson hospital (about a 5 min walk from where I lived for 10 years and a pretty decent hospital in Northampton). It was Cooley Dick that decided to move her to a psych ward and not Amherst.

And as it turned out, the psych ward was the best thing for her, but Amherst treated her very shabbily when she returned. She credited the psych ward with making her stronger and healing her, but Amherst fucked her over badly.