Depressing/Unsurprising Study: Girls View Sexual Violence As Normal

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10. Me too! I punched a guy in the nose who grabbed my behind at an NCAA b'ball victory celebration

He chased me through the crowd. I was 16 and can't believe I had it in me, but I must say, it was most enjoyable. He never caught me. I hope I drew blood. I suspect he thought twice about doing it after that.

It doesn't make up for years of assault and harassment in other situations, but I'll never forget the look of shock on his face when I fought back against his sense that he was entitled to grope my behind.

But yes, generally, we were taught that that kind of harassment was normal and if it wasn't, it was because we caused it by the way we were dressed or otherwise leading a guy on. I'm sorry to see that a lot of these issues haven't much improved, according to this study, but at least the study's getting some traction, which it wouldn't have 30 years ago.