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That morning, Michelle presented her Psychology honours thesis on men's perceptions of rape. She started her presentation like this, “A woman born in South Africa has a greater chance of being raped than learning how to read …” On that same evening, she goes to a party to celebrate attaining her degree. She and a friend go to the beach; the friend has something she wants to discuss. They are both robbed, assaulted and raped. Within minutes of getting help, Michelle realises she'll never be herself again. She's now "the girl who was raped." This book is Michelle's fight to be herself again. Of the taint she feels, despite the support and resources at her disposal as the loved child of a successful middle-class family. Of the fall-out to friendships, job, identity. It's Michelle's brave way of standing up for the women in South Africa who are raped every day.
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I'm the Girl Who Was Raped
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Paperback. Michelle Hattingh, Spinifex Press. I am the statistic that I read about. I am the thing I always feared most. I am rape. That morning, Michelle had presented her psychology thesis on rape. It began: 'A woman born in South Africa has a greater chance of being raped than learning how to read .' That evening, celebrating her degree, she and a friend go to the beach, where they are robbed, assaulted and raped. Despite the support and resources of her successful middle-class family at her disposal, Michelle has to fight to regain her life, losing friendships, jobs and her identity along the way. She realises she'll never be the same again. This story is one shared by women throughout the world - of living through a nightmare and trying to hold onto sanity. This is the story of the girl who was raped. Like a helpless cow, caught in barbed wire, I struggle for life and air but I'm defeated. I am blind with pain and I'm no longer me. Tears, tears, so many tears. Paperback. Seller Inventory # 9781925581331-SECONDHAND
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