Jessica Stern Quotes

People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence," Lucy Says, Bitterly. "But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get Around That," She Says. "he Didn't Run Me Over With A Car. He Had Sex With Me. You're Not Supposed To Do That. You're Not Supposed To Have Sex With An Eighth-grader. You're Not Supposed To Have Sex When You're In Eighth Grade. It Was Very Intimate. You Can't Get Around It. This Part Of The Body," She Says, Gesturing From Her Heart To Her Lower Abdomen, Though I Understand She Means To Indicate Her Vagina. "If You're Sitting Around With A Group Of Women, Talking About Various Traumas, Someone Will Say, I Got Beaten By My Mother. But If You Say, I Got Raped, It's A Different Thing."
I Wonder If That Is True. Is Rape Really The Worst Sort Of Violation? I'm Not Sure. I Often Wonder Why It Matters Whether We're Penetrated Or Not. There Is The Pain, But The Pain Doesn't Last. The Shame Does. (216)

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

Jessica Stern Quotes: People Say That Rape Is Not Sex, That It's Violence, Lucy Says, Bitterly. But It's Also Sex. You Can't Get

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