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May The Odds Be In Your Favor

Created
Jul 22, 2022 4:08 AM
Original Publication Date
April 11, 2014
Tags
Sexual AssaultSocial IssuesWomen

What do you say when no isn't enough,

What do you do, when actions aren't heard--

And if the odds are not in your favor

How do find yourself when the situation is lost?

If the blame fell on you, simply because

No one believed the betrayal you claimed

And your motives were questioned

Your entire life placed on display

For the world to examine...

How do you cope when the world

Is still deciding what is and isn't--

What you should and shouldn't feel

If you are or aren't responsible,

And the odds are not in your favor?

Do you scream, do you fight,

Do you lock the pain away in a secret box

And hide your shame from prying eyes--

Suffer in silence to avoid the world?

Do you ever become whole again?

If the odds were never in your favor?

References

  1. "Sexual Assault Awareness Month". National Sexual Violence Resource Center; visited April 2014
  2. "Violence Prevention". CDC. 2012
  3. Soraya Chemaly. "50 Actual Facts About Rape". Huffington Post. October 26, 2012
  4. Carrie L. Lukas. "One In Four Rape Myths Do Injustice Too". Independent Women's Foruml visited April 2014.
  5. "Sexual Assault Fact Sheet from". Office on Women's Health; visited April 2014
  6. Michael Winerip. "Stepping Up to Stop Sexual Assault". NY Times. February 7, 2014
  7. "Recovering From Sexual Assault". Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network; visited April 2014
  8. Emily Yoffe. "College Women: Stop Getting Drunk". Slate. October 2013
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