Soledad's Fight for Recovery

Anonymous and other non-believers of s3xu@l @ss@ult. That is unacceptable. Women who are s3xually @ss@ulted are strong, independant survivors. They have overcome adversity and had to fly in the face of social norms. HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THEIR ABILITY TO REMEMBER! WOMEN ARE NOT WEAK. WE ARE NOT CREATURES WHO CAN BE MANIPULATED BY OUR THERAPISTS INTO FALSLEY REMEMBERING WE HAVE BEEN RAPED. IF SOMEONE REMEMBERS THAT SHE HAS BEEN RAPED THEN SHE HAS BEEN RAPED. WE HAVE BEEN OVERCOMING ADVERSITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE. WE ARE THE STRONGEST THERE IS. In the light of the ASSHOLE on AE's blog I have decided that maybe the cul-de-sac, blogworl etc, could use some facts about s3xual @ss@ult. I work for a r@pe cr!s!s centre, both in cr!s!s intervent!on and in policy analysis. Confidentiality prevents me from talking about this on my blog very much but I truly feel that some education is necessary today. 86% of v!ct!ms are fem@le Me@suring V!0l3nce against W0m3n St@tistical Trends 2006. St@tistics C@nad@- C@talogue no.85-570-X!E. (pg. 36) In 2002 only 27% of reported sexual assaults resulted in charges. In an adult criminal court survey done in 2004, 4 in 10 cases of sexual assault and sexual offences that came before an adult court resulted in a conviction and 6 in 10 of those convicted were incarcerated Ibid, 52-53 Child Victims under 11 20% of cases it is the parents 29% of cases it is another relative 9% of cases involved strangers 42% of cases involved friends and acquaintances St@tistics C@n@d@- Sexu@l Off3nc3s. The Daily. Friday, Ju!y 25th, 2oo3. Available at: Sexual Assaults are falsley reorted at a rate of 2-3% (same as anyother crime). Only 8 percent of sexual assaults are reported and only 2-3% of THAT demographic are falsley reporting. DUH! WOMEN don't make it up asshole! Me@suring Viol#nce @g@inst W0m3n S@atistic@l Tr3nds 2oo6. St@tistics C@n@d@- C@talogue # 85-570- XIE. (57)