tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post653578209695407941..comments2023-07-15T04:20:16.543-05:00Comments on Almost Diamonds: A Letter to Professor Dawkins from Victims of Sexual AssaultStephanie Zvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-68267160062395413552011-08-04T13:19:19.602-05:002011-08-04T13:19:19.602-05:00Please add my name - G Davy - Assaulted at 13 by t...Please add my name - G Davy - Assaulted at 13 by trusted local shop-keeper, narrowly avoided 'date rape' by work colleague (including being drugged), various other borderline incidents ever since. I never take lifts (elevators) on my own in hotels in case a man gets in, worry when walking home at night, and so on. I should not have to even think like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-44844937274481975672011-07-29T10:08:50.847-05:002011-07-29T10:08:50.847-05:00Please add me, Kendra, assault and rape survivor. ...Please add me, Kendra, assault and rape survivor. I am also a Buddhist/Humanist.Sunflower Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633855005744463892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-32713427336161050662011-07-27T01:54:51.915-05:002011-07-27T01:54:51.915-05:00please add Grace Feldmann, survivor of attempted r...please add Grace Feldmann, survivor of attempted rape at age 17, and acquaintance rape-in hotel- at gunpoint age 18.Morgainelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492737266471863123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-26868554555873283792011-07-26T21:45:09.861-05:002011-07-26T21:45:09.861-05:00You can add KateSi, raped at 18. Harassed, groped ...You can add KateSi, raped at 18. Harassed, groped frequently even now.Kate Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093978967671650223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-66377808689790395642011-07-24T19:37:26.456-05:002011-07-24T19:37:26.456-05:00Please add my name to the list. Megan Haynes, rape...Please add my name to the list. Megan Haynes, raped on 21st birthday by a friend of 14+ years who thought me trying to get out from under him and repeatedly saying stop, no, get off me was "hot"; two years later was violently raped and beaten by a severe borderline personality alcoholic with whom I was in an unleavable, incredibly abusive relationship at the time.Lady Vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057809975531506942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-70353755847032764852011-07-23T21:17:36.040-05:002011-07-23T21:17:36.040-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-3601925784524224702011-07-20T20:53:24.107-05:002011-07-20T20:53:24.107-05:00Please add me, Melissa Gay, a survivor of having b...Please add me, Melissa Gay, a survivor of having been drugged and raped at age 18, then blamed for it by the University doctors who examined me.Melissa Gay Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110043975523595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-1960210409495387552011-07-18T07:45:07.525-05:002011-07-18T07:45:07.525-05:006 years old. Playing on jungle gym in the middle o...6 years old. Playing on jungle gym in the middle of a condo complex. Alone. Dusk. Man walks up, says there's a fire, wanna see? Sure! Little girl excitement and fascination. Takes me to a walkway between two buildings. Only bathroom windows on both walls, no one can really see down here. Grassland across the street, looking down long walkway.<br /><br />Where is it? Over there, he says. Where? not seeing. Look where I am pointing, I turn to see pus coming out of his penis as he strokes it. I didn't know any better. Said I have to go home now. Blamed myself.<br /><br />It was daylight, middle of people's homes, windows onto the original scene - and nobody saw.<br /><br />Yeah, an elevator at 4 am would creep me the fu@k out, too.Mx. Lilithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633493794686659833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-69874153204294278622011-07-16T00:13:30.943-05:002011-07-16T00:13:30.943-05:00Oops, that should be "Lindsey," not &quo...Oops, that should be "Lindsey," not "Lindsay."DysPerDishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00781993353338695400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-33263735871226755032011-07-16T00:11:22.306-05:002011-07-16T00:11:22.306-05:00After my aunt left her ex-husband, he stalked her ...After my aunt left her ex-husband, he stalked her for two years before shooting her and her kids-- her for leaving him, the kids to keep them from talking about how he had been touching them.<br /><br />Recognizing that you are limiting the list to victims, would you be willing to add something along the lines of "The family of Kim A. and her children Lindsay and Juri, who are no longer here to speak for themselves"?DysPerDishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00781993353338695400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-81493096448780906352011-07-15T17:26:51.571-05:002011-07-15T17:26:51.571-05:00Please add me to this list. Joey Nichole Thomas. S...Please add me to this list. Joey Nichole Thomas. Survivor of child sexual abuse between the ages of 5 & 6.Jojeesmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094712201542568870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-39204084752267803012011-07-15T17:24:48.238-05:002011-07-15T17:24:48.238-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jojeesmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09094712201542568870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-9957711755082044742011-07-15T16:07:59.049-05:002011-07-15T16:07:59.049-05:00You can add my name
Demetria survivor of sexual as...You can add my name<br />Demetria survivor of sexual assault July 10, 2009demetria.mascarenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10592069062885837062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-29217611176428141282011-07-14T19:30:50.033-05:002011-07-14T19:30:50.033-05:00Professor Dawkins,
Your appology is inappropriat...Professor Dawkins,<br /> Your appology is inappropriately worded. Gum chewing? Date rape, 1974. Attempted date rape 1977 - he didn't fair too well. LOL. I have 2 sisters, one was molested by a priest, one by a relative. I worked with sexually abused children as a volunteer. There are lots of them. As a female we know we are supposed to be able to trust relatives, authority figures, and should not treat casual encounters with suspicion, but if we don't we get raped. Women and children need to be cautious. Rebecca ADVISED the males at the conference that hitting on/propositioning/inviting a woman to your room at 4:00 am was ill advised. It is. You need to appologize for your failed apology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-40307174860215179682011-07-14T13:55:21.351-05:002011-07-14T13:55:21.351-05:00YOu can add me, Anonymouse, sexually assaulted by ...YOu can add me, Anonymouse, sexually assaulted by my brother at age 17 and groped against my will by a college professor age 18.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-90902988570522560902011-07-14T13:32:12.322-05:002011-07-14T13:32:12.322-05:00Thank you for this wonderful letter. Sign me to t...Thank you for this wonderful letter. Sign me to the list.<br /><br />I've endured street harassment since I was 11. I've been flashed in broad daylight multiple times since I was 16. I've been verbally sexually abused by a boyfriend. I've been sexually coerced by two boyfriends. I've been stalked by an acquaintance and by a stranger. I've had 3 men admit to peeping through my windows. I've been groped multiple times on public transportation. I had a guy jack off while staring at me while riding in the back of a near deserted public bus at night. I had a guy grab my arm as I got off the bus after work at 1am asking if I wanted to "party", got belligerent when I said no, and who then followed me to the entrance of the 24hr grocery store next to my apartment where he hovered around for 10 minutes. I was raped at 16 by my then-boyfriend, after repeatedly telling him for months that I was a virgin and did not want to have sex. Afterwards he told me I knew I wanted it. <br /><br />My name is Heidi H. and I am sick and tired of having to listen to men who should be allies belittle, demean and silence me because they don't want to believe that the men before them have given me so many reasons to fear men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-67216619719136318862011-07-14T11:25:08.263-05:002011-07-14T11:25:08.263-05:00Late, I know, but please add my name to the list. ...Late, I know, but please add my name to the list. At 16, I was raped on a boat.Marleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-38574464804118606122011-07-14T11:02:39.555-05:002011-07-14T11:02:39.555-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910802844083342511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-78286320024787235232011-07-13T15:26:24.518-05:002011-07-13T15:26:24.518-05:00Sexually abused at age 6. Raped at age 8 by my cou...Sexually abused at age 6. Raped at age 8 by my cousin. Raped at age 13 by my uncle.<br /><br />Used my middle name because my family don't know.Jane P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-31926022021742797142011-07-13T11:45:06.493-05:002011-07-13T11:45:06.493-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Karl Johansonhttp://www.neo-opsis.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-28746339495641033852011-07-12T11:29:18.029-05:002011-07-12T11:29:18.029-05:00The first comment I made, I left out stuff because...The first comment I made, I left out stuff because I didn't want to be "that girl". Here's the truth:<br /><br />Faith L. Sexually assaulted at 11 and 12, raped at 16, assaulted at 18Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682532324408829173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-42097605387181352502011-07-12T11:12:53.286-05:002011-07-12T11:12:53.286-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682532324408829173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-92126499530123988882011-07-12T10:14:55.931-05:002011-07-12T10:14:55.931-05:00I was flashed by a man at a very young age then at...I was flashed by a man at a very young age then at age 12 I was raped by the boy I was supposed to be babysitting... apparently he needed no babysitter!Kathinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-74724809751110864722011-07-12T09:52:30.784-05:002011-07-12T09:52:30.784-05:00I'm sorry and ashamed that I am not brave enou...I'm sorry and ashamed that I am not brave enough to post my full name but the stigma of being a male rape survivor is too much for me.<br /><br />I was raped repeatedly for a little under three years by the head disciplinarian at a catholic school (cliché already, I think)<br /><br />I was a good student but a bit shy: the geek who gets beat up in the bathroom. That was me. I believe that my insecurities were a big reason why I was picked by my attacker.<br /><br />The first time was when I was 11 and at the start of my last class of the day. The guy came to the classroom and asked for me. I was confused, never having been called before. We went to his room, he locked the door and told me that my parents were worried that there was something wrong about me. That part is actually true unfortunately. My mother, years later, told me she did ask him for help. As I said, I was very shy and I didn't have a lot of friends. My parents were worried and asked for the guy's help.<br /><br />He started talking about sex and that my parents wanted me to ask him anything I would like to know about it. I didn't want to. So he started asking. He wanted me to explain how sex was done, what other names I knew for "penis" and he finally said he had to see it because they (my parents and him) thought there was something wrong with it. He touched and asked me if I could already "get it hard." That was it for the first time. Not much, apparently, but it was scary as hell. He left to ring the bell and I went to my classroom. I remember that it seems that everyone knew what had happened. I felt like they were all looking at me, laughing.<br /><br />These "sessions" started happening weekly and then more than once a week. He also eventually started raping me. The first time I spent three hours hiding in the woods. I didn't want to go home. I was terrified because my underwear had blood on it and how could I explain that to my mom? I threw the underwear in the woods and went home to put on another quickly.<br /><br />Why didn't I just tell my parents? It now seems so simple. But at the time I was terrified. The guy always told me how everybody would know I was gay if I let people know. And I had to be gay, right? I had had sex with a man! I was absolutely certain that my father would throw me out of the house if he found out.<br /><br />It only ended when my mother suspected something was wrong. My grades had always been good but I was now flunking everything. She then worked to move me to a different school.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-80113914877905969992011-07-12T09:49:01.852-05:002011-07-12T09:49:01.852-05:00Yeah add my name to the list. Sarah J. Molested at...Yeah add my name to the list. Sarah J. Molested at age 7. Assaulted in 2009.<br /><br />I don't need my safety mansplained to me by someone who doesn't understand how often women are assaulted and then blamed for it. No matter where we are, what we are wearing, what we've had to drink. We don't owe anyone anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com