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“Drawing the Shades”. Written by: April L Elliott. With music from:. Tori Amos My Chemical Romance Nirvana Dashboard Confessional Cherry Monroe Fall Out Boy U2 Counting Crows The Strokes Kelly Clarkson. Dedicated to: k,b,b,a.
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With music from: Tori Amos My Chemical Romance Nirvana Dashboard Confessional Cherry Monroe Fall Out Boy U2 Counting Crows The Strokes Kelly Clarkson
Dedicated to: k,b,b,a And the 25 other interviewed and the nameless survivors whose stories remain unknown.
If everyone in this room stood up who knew someone who had been raped ...
Rape is pain, anger, bitterness, loneliness, traumatic, sad, unnecessary, violating, violent and unforgettable.
Rape is forced or threatened unwanted sexual activity with someone you know or have just met.
Rape can happen at anytime, or with anyone…it doesn’t matter how you’re dressed, what you’re doing, or if you’ve gone out with that person before.
STOP Rape is WRONG at anytime & any place, with anyone
Consent is given when 2 people have EQUAL POWER in any given situation
Consent is freely giving your permission WITHOUT fear or pain
“I never thought anything like that could ever happen to me.”
Women aged 18-29 run a greater risk of being raped than any other population group
1 in 5 women will be assaulted by an acquaintance during their stay at college.
A woman is most likely to be assaulted between her first day of school and Thanksgiving Break on campus as a freshman
The majority of these will be male-on-male assaults, 74% will know their attacker
Every 2.5 minutes a sexual assault occurs in the United States
67% of all rapes occur at night, 2/3 of those between 6pm and midnight
Rape in the United States is 10 times higher than in England