The article ‘speaking the unspeakable' is about a girl who was raped on the last day of her freshman year in college. After the attack, the victim discarded certain life assumptions especially on the safety of women against raping. She estimated, as per her research that three-quarters of the women around the world had suffered a violent crime in their lifetime. Good for her, the rapist served 25 years in prison. This piece gives a reflection concerning an article "Speaking the Unspeakable" which relates a victim of a raping ordeal.
Resonation
There are a large number of women who go through the violent crimes in their lifetime. I have never thought that it would get to over 75% of them. Also, the fight happened in the open near the dorm of the victim raising the question of the unwillingness to help suffering victims. I never thought that one would fight in the open while screaming and give in at a knife-point without the assistance of comrades if not the workers. Most of the rape cases go unreported, and most people describe the …show more content…
The controversies surrounding the ordeal were that the girl wanted it. After the description of the ordeal, the father of the rapist defended his son basing himself on time spent. The victim states that people don't get it that the rape as a crime is not about the sex involved but rather the violence attached. Another case is that of Michelle who was abducted in a village of Monjas in Jalapa and raped repeatedly. The man pulled up from a motorcycle and threatened her with a green gun. That time she was a teenager, and she discovered that she was pregnant three months after the ordeal. Surprising enough, the wife of the rapist threatened her to get her husband out of