Word: rapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Several highly publicized rape cases have reinforced the notion that rape is a crime of terrifying randomness in terms of who does it, who suffers it and where it happens...
There has been an increase in incidents of gang rape, particularly on college campuses. Nine Ohio State athletes were called before a Columbus grand jury last April to testify about an alleged "rape train" that occurred in February in a dormitory; the victim, the daughter of a minister, never returned to school. At Duke University last year, Beta Phi Zeta was dissolved following a university investigation of an alleged gang rape at the fraternity house...
...Assailants have no idea that what they are doing has devastated a life," says Peg Ziegler, director of Atlanta's Rape Crisis Center. "They think, 'It's just sex. She's had sex before. What's the big deal?' " As one rapist put it, "There has to be some point in every rape where the woman relaxes and enjoys...
Studies show that it takes from six months to six years for rape victims to feel normal again, if they ever do. "It's like living through your own murder," says Lindsay, 28, a Houston nurse. Her two attackers broke her jaw, took turns raping her and stuffed snowflake-shaped earrings into her vagina. "My whole life flashed before me," she recalls. "I thought how I really wanted my mom to know I cared about her, and I concentrated on breathing. I was on my period and had a tampon embedded deep inside. I had to sit and talk...
...array of aftershocks for rape victims includes depression, guilt, diminished interest in sex, breakups of relationships, obsessive concern for safety and loss of trust. Studies show that divorces and suicide attempts are fairly common after rape. "I live like I'm in a cage," says Mary Bronnenberg, one of Johns' victims in Los Angeles. "There are bars on the windows and floodlights on the house. I know there's no way anybody can get in, but I'm still scared...