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Originally Posted by Hyacinthe
Then if you decide to take legal action there the Dr's procedures, rape kits, statements, being itnerrogated by the police and lawyers time and time again to make sure your story doesn't change. The anger held towards you by the person friends and family (which can be crippling if you were in a relationship before hand)
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And if it gets to court, the defense attorney's tactic will be to try to make the jury hate you, portray you as subhuman, trash, a whore, anything to get it into their minds that you're lying or that what was done to you wasn't all that bad. If he's convicted, you still have to get up there in front of a judge, lawyers, the person who raped you, your family and his, and 12 complete strangers, and relive the most traumatic experience of your life.
That's why sexual abuse is underreported.