November 21, 2005

WHEN

WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT? DO YOU EVER THINK IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU?

23 Comments:

At November 23, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

When i was in highschool i knew that sexual assault existed in the news, but it was a topic seldom discussed amongst my peers. It wasnt until i went to college that i realized that my own friends found themselves in situations that made them feel unsafe. By reading more about sexual assault in the news and gathering information from organizations (like yours!) i've come to understand how widespread this concern of sexual violence has become.
And i'm sad to admit that i do wonder if it will ever happen to me. Walking home alone late at night gives a woman plenty of time to worry that she might be overpowered. Thats why i try to take cabs home...but its not always possible. So its hard to guarantee ones safety...in fact, its impossible.

 
At November 23, 2005, Anonymous Evans said...

The first time i heard about sexual assult was when i was in the fith grade, i did not know all the details about it but that was the first time i heard about it, and yes i do believe that i can be sexually assulted. people may think that men can not be sexually but they can.

 
At November 23, 2005, Anonymous Ensle said...

I dont remember the first time I heard about sexual assault but I know that it is not something that should be taken lightly. Both men and women can be victims of sexual assault. No one is immune to it. We all just have to be safe and aware of our surroundings at all times.

 
At November 24, 2005, Anonymous simone said...

It has been a while since I've heard that someone was assualted. Being assaulted is not something anyone will like to happen to them especially me because I don't know how I'll be able to live under such circumstances, I think it can happen to any body.

 
At November 25, 2005, Anonymous smiles & giggles said...

The first time i heard about sexual assault i was in the 8th grade.My mother told me about it. Back then I didn't think it could happened to anyone. I just thought it was one of my mothers ways of trying to scare me off of boys. until she told me it happened to her and by a family member! Thats when i started to believe that anyone could be a victim of sexual assault wether it be by stranger or worse my a family member!

 
At November 26, 2005, Anonymous shiraker said...

I've heard about sexual assault since i was a little girl. And it has happen to me, one when i was a little girl and then when i was about 15.But I just choose not to talk about it.

 
At November 26, 2005, Anonymous chyna said...

I cant remember when I actual heard the term "Sexual Assault". But no I never did think it would happen to me until it did. I dont think anyone thinks that it can happen to them or maybe I want to protect our own thoughts from being plauged with such a digusting thought....

 
At November 29, 2005, Blogger Thomael said...

Sexual assault has affected me since childhood. I might not have known about the term "sexual assault" but I knew its impact. When you or someone you know has been assaulted, you live with it constantly, whether or not it's out in the open. I think more people know about it than even they think. I say this because most times a person is sexually assaulted it's by someone they know, not in a dark alley. Sometimes people accept the assault as normal because of what society says and also because it would be to hard to do something about it.

 
At November 30, 2005, Anonymous Christina said...

I think that even as a young child, I knew about sexual assault, because my parents explained different types of things with me. I don't think that there is any type for sexual assault, it can happen to anyone.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous Aisha said...

Like Thomael said, I've known about the impact of sexual assault since before I ever had the language to descibe it. Many people are at risk for sexual assault and have experienced it, or know and love someone who has.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous Molly said...

I most definitely think it can happen to me, because it has. I don't know exactly when I heard the term sexual assault, but I definitely knew the impact before the term.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous Molly said...

I most definitely think it can happen to me, because it has. I don't know exactly when I heard the term sexual assault, but I definitely knew the impact before the term.

 
At December 08, 2005, Blogger Murda Mills said...

The first time i heard of sexual assault was on T.V while I was watching Seventh Heaven. Many girls are assaulted in my neighborhood and dont say nothing, which is wroong cus if they dont say nothing about it they cant get help.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous WHO AM I? said...

i dont really remember the first time i heard about sexual assault. But the first time it became real to me was when i was in the sixth grade and was dealing with an sexual assault trial. I was in class and i had told my friends what had happen to me and they didn't believe me. So from then on i knew if they don't believe me who will. So i lied, he got away and i am left feeling hurt for all these years.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i dont remember when i learned what sexual assault is, but as a young child, in 1st grade, it was always always on my mind along with what other adults tell me like "don't talk to strangers". even though i didnt know the words "sexual assualt" in first grade, the idea of it was always clear in my mind. surely, it never happened to me before but in this world, anything is capable of happening. so even though i dont face issues now, i might in the future and i know that it is wrong to do it to ANYONE.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous Jonathane said...

I was in elementary school when I first heard of Sexual Assult. In my opinion, Sexual Assult can happen to anyone. Even if you don't think that you could be a possible victim, there is an actual possiblity that it may happen to you; therefore I do think that it can happen to me, though I really wouldn't want it to.

 
At December 08, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

My mother told me about it when I was really young so it made me paranoid about being alone with strangers who were adults. I know it could happen to me so I'm always extra careful when I'm alone or partying.

 
At December 09, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

not to long ago I heard about the word sexual assult, while I am carring his impact since I was 9 years old.10 years alweady past and I never, never talk about it to any body.But I stil think about it I will never fogete what happen.

 
At December 10, 2005, Anonymous Tajreena said...

I think I knew about sexual assault even before I knew the correct term to describe it. It all depends on if you had any personal connections or relations to it.

 
At December 12, 2005, Anonymous amy said...

I don't think I can remember when I first heard about sexual assault specifically, but it's definitely been a topic that has been prevalant. It's always in the news and my family also talks about it candidly. I definitely think that sexual assault can happen at any time (ie. on the train!) and people should be wary.

 
At January 20, 2006, Anonymous auntie said...

I believe it not good to say never. Or not me, because you are someone else.

 
At February 24, 2006, Anonymous cella said...

the first time id ever heard of it was when i was in 4th grade. i used to take the cheese bus home but my teacher told me my grandparents (with whom i lived) would be picking me up. i didnt kno y, but when i got in the car another family member was in the back seat and very distraught (like id never seen). that night my gmother explained that she had been mugged and sexually assualted, and it wasnt the first time (over the years i found out that she had been raped several times by different ppl). i do not think that it is likely to happen to me because i have certain features that make me less of a target, but like any other person in this world, i am NOT invincible.

 
At February 25, 2006, Blogger Jessica said...

Middle School. And yes, I'm sure it could happen to anyone.

 

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