Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Two stories...


A man walks miles to work once his vehicle stops working.  He takes the bus when he can, but he walks when he cannot.  His story is told and he ends up with a free new truck and thousands of dollars donated to him.

A woman is raped and walks miles to the courthouse so that her rapists is convicted.  Homeless, she begs bus money when she can but walks when she must.  Her story is told and nothing happens.  No outrage that a survivor of sexual abuse is not assisted in pursuing justice.  No outrage that the onus of that pursuit is on her, rather than the police and prosecutors.

This ... this is why I could not bear to watch the rape storyline of Downton Abbey.  In many and various ways, little has changed in the last hundred years.  Both the victims (those who died) and the survivors of rape are not afforded much care, much respect, or much assistance.

Not much at all.
Not really.


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