Sequel 2020-2021

Soliloquy It makes me sick how society has romanticized rape.

I’ve seen some authors write about a person being assaulted.

They use it as a sad backstory for their character, a source of drama within their fictional world.

It’s talked about as something, although terrible, it’s normal.

It’s joked about and used as a punchline by someone who pleads “it’s just dark humor.”

But when a punchline becomes a headline, it’s a vastly different story.

Fictional characters being raped are met with sympathy.

With “I’m so sorry that happened” or “What can I do to help?”

In real life they’re asked if maybe they deserved it.

If maybe they’re just being dramatic, or if they were drunk.

What were they wearing?

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