It really actually makes me feel horrible about the world knowing how quickly and easily people will drop support for rape victims the second they find out that the victim didn’t act like they think a victim should act.

If you talk to just about any therapist who specializes in sexual assault, they’ll tell you that people who experience that kind of trauma don’t act “rationally.” Nobody acts normal after a massive trauma, and how long odd behavior lasts depends on many factors. Denial of the reality of what happened is incredibly common, especially when the culture the victim lives in has such fucked up ideas about consent. Memory problems are also very common as the brain desperately tries to protect the victim from what happened.

But why listen to mental health experts when it’s so much easier to pretend that rape victims are lying through assuming that victims of trauma must act exactly the same as they would have before said trauma.

By the way, the guy accused of rape graduated right along with Emma, even though in his suit he said he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to attend. But his life is ruined, right?