Follow Up: President Barack Obama's Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault on College Campuses

3/26/2014

By Philip Foley

At the end of my article supporting and requesting a deeper reach for the President's committee to combat sexual assault on college campuses I indicated that perhaps the Criminal Justice system may not be the best approach to the trauma involved in sexual assault. Sadly both of the following articles are from New Jersey.

I reference these articles not to criticize the Criminal Justice system or any law enforcement agency but only to illustrate the problem inherent in a system required to secure Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt.

Perfectly OK for Sex Offender Magician Jeff Carson to Perform for Kids, Says NJ. http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/03/21/sex-offender-magician-jeff-carson-new-jersey-burlington/

Hamilton woman raped, beaten in vacant Trenton house criticizes investigation delays. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/03/hamilton_woman_raped_beaten_in_vacant_ trenton_house_alleges_authorities.html

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In the provocative spirit of Matilda Joslyn Gage, Gloria Anzaldua, and Mary Daly, Kathleen Hoy Foley expands and deepens the voice of female experience.

Raw. Uncompromising. Compassionate. Deliberately antagonistic. Kathleen writes to awaken the courage within the reader.

TO THE SURVIVOR
If you are a person who was victimized as a child or as an adult, I am so very sorry you ever had to suffer at the hands of a predator.

I am sorry you were abused, sorry no one protected you, sorry you have felt so alone, sorry you have been so afraid then and in the now. I am so sorry for the loss of your innocence.

You were and are entitled to you life. And you had a right to inherit your own body. And no matter what you did or what you think you failed to do you are not to blame. Sexual abuse is never a victim's choice. Sexual abuse is something that was done to your body not something you wanted.

This is an excerpt from:

http://web.archive.org/web/20130101063123/http://true-perspective.org

Kathleen and I encourage you to visit this site for perspective on your ordeal. Live happy and whole. Claim you power!

You are your own authority.

Question Everything. Including social, religious & political authorities

Learn to listen and respond to your intuition. It is never wrong.

Learn to be impolite. It must be part of your defense system.

Nothing is unspeakable.

Stare truth in the eye and speak it.

You name abuse. Listen to your body. It will tell you. It is never wrong.

Stare abuse in the eye and speak it.

Stare abusers in the eye and name them.

Use your voice. Use your words.

BE LOUD. Violence against girls, boys, women and men hides in the silent shadows.

Know that you are powerful.

KNOW THAT YOUR VOICE IS POWERFUL. USE IT.

Follow Up: President Barack Obama's Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault on College Campuses

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