Till It Happens to You
Till it Happens to You How does a person tell a woman that getting raped was her fault, and if that is not worse enough, tell her she needs to keep quiet and just let it go? Every year, thousands of students attend colleges all throughout the U.S, taking classes, going to parties, and overall just enjoying the college experience. No one ever expects to be grabbed by what seems to be a “nice guy” and forced against their own will, only to wait and be still as the man at the fun fraternity party rapes them. This is not a rare occurrence. Multiple women, and even men, go through the terrible trauma of being sexually assaulted. The aftermath of these encounters is very unnerving, the victim having a constant fear of their oppressor, symptoms including PTSD and lowered self-esteem, as well as an overall lack of motivation to go to class, sleep, and function like a “normal” human being. Many of the women who are sexually assaulted on campus never tell their story, and