Thank you for this. Every time rape and sexual assault is brought into the public domain, it is positive. That's how society will be changed, that's how rape culture will be changed. It's hard to listen to someone complaining about their rape but if we don't get those who have not been raped to put themselves into the rape survivor's position, we will get nowhere. If a rape survivor can use dissociation to deny something happened, think how easy it is for a non-raped individual to not believe it happened. The initial reaction to rape is disbelief. How could this happen to me? How could this happen in a good world? The non-raped person responds by thinking the survivor is telling a story or looking for attention. Only by driving this home like the repetitive swings of a ax will change happen. But it can happen. Change can and will happen. hannahpowers.net