tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595921829434649944.post1093507725833684741..comments2023-07-17T03:27:03.369-06:00Comments on VAWG Dialogue: Sexual Assault Awareness: The Interaction of Women & the Criminal Justice SystemUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426104480571084497noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595921829434649944.post-13867691863231928962012-04-10T15:32:23.063-06:002012-04-10T15:32:23.063-06:00I am a woman in my fifties and have been sexually ...I am a woman in my fifties and have been sexually assaulted a dozen times in my life. I was able to either flee, battle, talk or scream my way out of being raped. I have had a strong survival instinct.<br />One day, after a man came into my loft to attack me, and who I chased out the window with an iron candle stick while cursing him like a crazy woman, I called the police to come take my statement. They did and when I asked them how I could protect myself more, they said that, basically, I shouldn't consider myself free to walk the city after dark and that it was my fault if I had left my window open on that hot summer night... I felt that I was the criminal for making it possible for someone to climb the fire escape to my window and come into my home.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259100621833472055noreply@blogger.com