A 17 year old high school student’s story: September 1997

September 1997

“Man, she’s through!”
“I can’t get my d*ck in her for sh*t!”
“We doing this jungle style!”
“I don’t need my d*ck sucked tonight.”
“Hold her leg!”

Dialogue of the rapists – I was extremely intoxicated with some unknown drug, possibly PCP.

My age now = 35
My age then = 17

# of years since I was raped = almost 19
# of attackers = 3
# of days any of them have spent in jail for what they did to me = 0
# of anxiety disorders I’ve been diagnosed with = 3
# of times I almost get through an entire day without thinking about it = very few
# of other sexual crimes I’ve survived = 2, once in 1995 & another time in 2003