Even now, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, 94 percent of rapists never serve jail time. The two men who raped me are with that majority. My nightmares are filled with images them succumbing to their desperate and pathetic need for power and control over women. It is for those other women and for myself that I tell you my story. I am a survivor, I am speaking out, and I am not alone.
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Emily Parkhurst:emilyjeanne1981@yahoo.com
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