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- Title: Underreported Rape: The Failure of the Criminal Justice System (Young Feminist) (Report)
- Author : Women's Health Activist
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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Toward the end of first semester my junior year of high school, I witnessed the rapid decline of one of my dearest friends, Emma. (1) She became increasingly more withdrawn and despondent, which was unusual in a girl who--had we been seniors--would have been voted "Most Likely to Succeed." She steadily lost interest in the activities through which our friendship had developed, including concerts, the Free Tibet Club, and scoping out varsity basketball players. I became most aware that Emma was slipping away from me through our conversations, which had once been incessant and genuine but were increasingly just an exchange of my concerned questions and her monosyllabic responses. After several weeks of watching helplessly as my friend drifted away, rumors began to surface at our small high school that Emma was using hard drugs. Feeling too estranged to talk to her, I decided not to ask Emma about the rumors, which I neither suspected nor believed. Much had changed about Emma, but I had never known her to take recreational drugs--and didn't believe she was using drugs now. A few weeks later, our Homeroom teacher announced that Emma would be absent from school for the near future because she was attending a rehabilitation center for undisclosed reasons. Horrified and enraged, I went to Emma's parent's house and demanded to know what was happening to my friend. When her mother answered the door, I burst into tears, crying, "What happened? What happened to Emma?" Emma's mother drew me into her arms and gently told me that Emma had given her permission to tell me this: "In the fall, Emma was raped when she was walking home from a party, and now she's getting the help she needs."
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