Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in othe — Sandra Brindley
Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in othe — Sandra Brindley
Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in othe — Sandra Brindley
Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in othe — Sandra Brindley
Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in othe — Sandra Brindley
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Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in other contexts that diminishes the reality of it, and the impact it has on women’s lives.

— Sandra Brindley
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