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Ardelle
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'But in fact I was simply running up against what I later found to be the nearest thing to a universal law, regardless of one’s sex, age, or race: when a person is raped, everybody else knows better than the victim why it happened and what it really means. Only the nature of the explanation differs, according to whom one asks.'
— Jun 16, 2026 04:38AM
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Ardelle
is on page 50 of 111
one of the saddest things abt this book, for me, is how raymond douglas will acknowledge the enormity of what has happened to him, only for him to continuously downplay it. "only four hours in a room" as if he wasnt violently beaten and raped and then realized at one point that his rapist might genuinely kill him.
— Jun 16, 2026 07:08PM
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is on page 40 of 111
'Men, straight or gay, who are raped are not literally feminized; they must and will continue to live in the world, in a man’s body, and participate in a society that for better or worse will remain gender based'
— Jun 16, 2026 05:13PM
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"(...) no fewer than six patron saints of rape (...) and none of them was raped." of course. they wouldnt be female saints if they werent perfect. they would never dream of making a woman a saint if she had actually been "defiled"
— Jun 15, 2026 07:59PM