Sunday, September 20, 2009
The Curvature
The Curvature:
"While, understandably, it must be extremely difficult
for rape victims to speak about their experiences, Price
is a TV personality who has made the transition from
glamour model to mainstream celebrity owing to her
outspoken and confident public persona and her
determination to speak her mind, all marketed as part
of her independence and business acumen. Therefore her
silence is, in itself, a strong statement.
The vast majority of women who are attacked neither speak
about their experiences, nor report them to the authorities.
The reasons for this are manifold, but include fear that
they will not be believed, that their personal lives will
be subject to the basest scrutiny and judgement, and that
there will be aspersions cast upon their morality. It is a
physical and emotional trauma that a lot of women suffer
in silence, worried that they will be seen as the cause of
their own abuse. While Price now feels able to speak about
what happened to her, making the claim in a national
publication, maintaining the anonymity of her attacker
is not only inconsistent, but also downright irresponsible.
It perpetuates the idea that rape is part of the male privilege,
positioning guilty men above puishment, and suggests that female
victims should consider their attacks something that they must just
quietly accept.Stating that her rapist was a celebrity was probably
a decision worth"
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