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cent adults; they may escape to compulsive pairing and/ or marriage for protection.

The last phase is where res— olution takes place and the victim is on the road to being restored to her previous level of functioning.

Phase two includes nightmares particularly those in which the rape itself is relived.

Continued Support is neces- sary for those victims whose case will be taken to court and tried. The trial can-be an even more trumatic e<perie10e » for the victimas the rape 4 'is relived once more on the stand in front of people the victim does not. know.

Rape is a terrible crime.

Any compensation, whether that be a successful convic— tion or a monentary fine, does not remove the long- lasting effects of physical injury nor the emotional " dsyfunctiOn that accompanies rape.

Susan Bromnmiller in her book, Against Our Will, believes Eat women allowed themselves to become the property of one man to protect themselves from many owever,

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Sexual Assault

Rape has existed ever the appearance of man and woman on this earth. Women are the victims and can be raped at any age, any time, and any place. For the ma- jority of their lives they carry around a universal fear. There are no certian types of women who are rap: ed, likewise there are no certian types of men who rape.

Women all over the world,- of every race, age,colour, and every creed live in ' fear of being rapedrThey live in fear of this physi-

They are told and taught, time-after—time, Since parents first tell them about sex, that there are dangerous people and situ—_ ations 'out there' , and as young girls they soon begin to realize that they have little or no control over this danger.

Some women, who suffer from the fear of rape, may not become mature, self suffi—

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marriage did not'guarantee freedom from abuse. Husbands rape, too!!!

The myth persists that women enjoy and want to be raped. The truth is thatmenarethe aggressors and the pursuers while women are the pursued.

A woman who has been raped feels outraged, violated,

'dirty, used, often guilty,

and during the rape attack itself, she is most faerful for her life.

Rape is a trumatic experience which results in a crisis. The rape so OVer- whelming that victim’s“ normal coping ‘ become affected.

Victims go through various post—phases. Phase one incl- udes nausea, inability to sleep or fitfull sleep, and inability to keep food down. Some time ago there appeared Patriot an article on and about a crisis centre that is located in Calgary. The crisis centre

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Debbie Bruckner,a 25 year— oldwonan from the area is. the exuctive director of the

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Another of her concerns was that of public education. This was done largely by speaking to groups such as service clubs, professional groups, and ' Here, Edward Islam a oﬁ-"S busily a ‘c’riSis ' centre (in Charlottetown), for victims of‘ sexual ass- ault. It is hoped that it will provide counselling and advice to the victims and the potential victims of ass- ault.

If this centre is successful thenweereonthewaytoa much more promising future here on the Island for the assault victim and the '

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