rape victims

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rape victims

You too?

25 voices share their #MeToo stories
A collection of personal essays inspired by the #MeToo movement.

Coping with sexual violence and harassment

Explores the impact of sexual violence or harassment on victims, and discusses how to get started on the way to recovery, from reporting an incident to long-term strategies for self-care.
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Know my name

a memoir
2019
Looks at the life of Chanel Miller who was raped after a party on the Stanford University campus on January 18, 2015.
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Things we didn't talk about when I was a girl

a memoir
2019
The author shares her story of the betrayal she felt after her friend sexually assaulted her, including the conversation she had with him many years later.
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Abused

surviving sexual assault and a toxic gymnastics culture
2019
"At two, Haines didn't know that she would be committing to twenty-one years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance-- and that she faced serious injury, emotional distress, and continuous sexual assault. Here she details her experiences as a competitive gymnast and the painful realities of being one of [Larry] Nassar's many victims. While examining a dangerously toxic culture that needs to be fixed, she tells how faith, family, and an army of survivors made healing possible"--Adapted from dust jacket.
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The #MeToo movement

2020
"The #MeToo Movement created a space on social media for people to share their experiences of sexual assault. Today, the movement continues to grow and gain momentum. The #MeToo Movement explores the history of this movement and how it has evolved, including the activists who are leading the movement today"--Provided by the publisher.
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A false report

a true story of rape in America
Tells the true story of Marie, a teenager living in Seattle, Washington, who was charged with lying after reporting having been raped, and the detectives who more than two years later uncovered a link between Marie's report and a serial rapist attacking women in Colorado.
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The Central Park five

Provides an account of the rape and beating of twenty-eight-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili in New York's Central Park in April 1989, and the subsequent convictions of five African-American and Latino teens who confessed to the crime and spent years in jail before their convictions were overturned following the confession of a serial rapist.

I have been raped, now what?

Examines rape, explaining what it is, how to deal with it, and ways to avoid it.
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The tenth circle

Comic book artist Daniel Stone, a stay-at-home dad with a fourteen-year-old daughter Trixie, and an unfaithful wife, turns a blind eye to Trixie's first broken heart and wife Laura's affair, but the feelings of rage he has buried for years come to the surface when Trixie is raped at a party and accuses her former boyfriend.

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