http://blog.nerdchic.net/archives/275/ NerdChic.Net Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta2-19055 http://blog.nerdchic.net/archives/275/#comment-220855 Marilyn Sinclair Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:56:48 +0000 http://blog.nerdchic.net/?p=275#comment-220855 Thanks for posting your experience with being assaulted. I'm sure it was difficult to write. Someone sent me your link because I run an organization called NOT ME which deals with creating awareness of sexual assault on campus (website www.blowthewhistle.ca - coming soon). I started this organization after 2 of my daughter's best friends were raped on campus during their first 4 weeks at university. The research shows that 1 in 4 girls are raped on campus in the first 4 years of their degree. As your experience shows, sexual assault is pervasive in all spheres and getting worse) and, in most cases, girls and women still bear the shame in silence. Thank you for speaking out - it is time for all of us to recognize that in a respectful world, people do not touch each other without permission. Period. We need social change but it will be a tough hill to climb. Thanks for posting your experience with being assaulted. I’m sure it was difficult to write. Someone sent me your link because I run an organization called NOT ME which deals with creating awareness of sexual assault on campus (website http://www.blowthewhistle.ca – coming soon). I started this organization after 2 of my daughter’s best friends were raped on campus during their first 4 weeks at university. The research shows that 1 in 4 girls are raped on campus in the first 4 years of their degree. As your experience shows, sexual assault is pervasive in all spheres and getting worse) and, in most cases, girls and women still bear the shame in silence. Thank you for speaking out – it is time for all of us to recognize that in a respectful world, people do not touch each other without permission. Period. We need social change but it will be a tough hill to climb.

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