Rape. It is such an easy word.

Everyday we hear more statistics ab@utrape. FEvery- ..

day we hear the phrases rape and date rape. "Everyday we grow a little mgfe accustom ta the word ‘‘RAPE*.

With all thisg do we start.to lose sight of just what we are hearing and talking about? Rapeisaserious- issue. We ofter Become almost blind tothe topic.

imagine someone you kaow. Imagine your sister, four friend, your mothe, imagine your girlfriend. | tow ifiaeine someone forcing themisely es onto here

litting and putiching Hér=Imapine hersereaming and -

rying as he tears her cloths off. think ifthe pain she cels as he forces himself into her. Herscreaming is nly silences by him punching her over and over again | the faceto shut herup. imagine hem laughing at at ie Was Going to her. Imagine the hurt, the fear, |e fomelimess She feels as he walks away smiling.

he iS left tying there bleeding from the powerful hits > gave Her. Imiapine.the inner pain she must feel

om bein§ fobed of everything that was hers, and the imo f knowing that something was stolen form her at she will never be able to get back. Remember

a: ie person you thought of at the start of this

ficle will never be the same person. again,

hen if happens, what you have imagined ts areality. you Can imagine someone you love in that situation, +n you can more understand the word rape.

nale Studeat.

Story

e evening be#an like most other pubs. | had some nks with friends at my apartment while he and his nds did the samé. Needless to say, we were all reling no pain’’ upon Our arrival at the pub! It was innight! We all spenttoo muchitime at the bar partied like crazy! I Spentaboutan hour watch- him from across the bar but. remember noting ‘he alse, was watching me *Phrouphout the night alked and eventually, we ended up at the same

e together. Our friends were giving us the know- winks and smiled amongst themselves. When we ided that it was time to go downtown, we all

ped into a cab together.

mtown wasabluri guess. We danced together, od to evervone, and generally had a pretty wild . As the night wore on our inhibitions wore down

and the Gance floor became a place of endowing mutual atiection. It was exciting. We danced closely and touched each other often. There was no mistaking that we wére both interested.

We wenfte getsomething to eat after the bars, and somehow we al ended up back at his apartment. Everyone continued to party, including us, but aftera

_@@enale-weended up in another room by ourselves. We =were both drunk. We began to talk, then touch and

kiss Our hands began to wander and ourclothes began to become disarrayed. Things get pretty in- tense and the so-called passion started to become uncomfortable. The “‘heat of the moment’’ suddenly became forceful and I, although intoxicated, became afraid. I tried to calm things down to where they’s been before but it didn’t work.. The more I tried to pulLawaand slowdown the kissing, the harder he hetd me and forced his tongue into my throat. So we Struseied forcontrol, we both ended up on the bed with me beine smothered under his weight. I think

- passed out at this point, or maybe blacked out, be- = Cause [can’t remember all of the details. Maybe it’s

just as well. I remembeérnoetwanting to have sex. I thought I made that perfectly clear but I can’t really femember. I fought but I think he told me that I’d like It once we.get going. He did say that I should finish whati-sstatted. Whend woke Several hours later, I got dressed and Wenthome. Everyone was passed out allover the floor, and he was asleep i=on the couch with another woman. That week I saw him atthe library he laughs about the weekend ‘‘ Yeah, it wasa good time - at least what I remember of it!’’

fhis piece incorporates several stories as understood by the author. CARBONE

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October 24, 1991

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