Dear Editor: This is the fourth morning I have woken up feeling devastated by the article on the young woman in our community who was raped. I don’t know her personally, I know of her family but we don’t socialize. The brutality of the event is beyond comprehension. But what I think about most is if I am haunted, how much trauma must she feel. Not only from the events but now from all of the details on the front page of our paper. I have read that shame is the overwhelming emotion that victims of rape experience. To have all of the disturbing details for all to read must be like her having to sit in front of the entire town and give her statements. Another horrifying experience. A re-traumatizing experience.
Letters, Opinion
January 24, 2024
Sex assault victim first betrayed by attack, then article