Thursday, October 24, 2019

Unsubstantiated: An Essay of Sexual Violence

 Susan Straight on What It Really Means to Believe Women:

There is no documentation for these narratives. Call them what you wish. This cannot be fact checked. There are no police reports/medical examinations/official statements/newspaper stories. No proof in the way that you want proof. No paper trail. Only story. That’s what women have had forever. How can we ascertain whether any of this is true? Where did your friend/cousin/sister/teammate tell you this? She told me in the bleachers/near the lockers/in the gym/in my car/in the dorm room/with the candles lit/in the driveway/on the train/in the parking lot.
This is not he said/she said, because we said these things only to each other.


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