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A year ago I went through what I believe to be coercive acquaintance/date rape. A man I'd known for 10 years, and previously slept with in a consensual context, slapped me across the face repeatedly and told me "I could rape you if I wanted", pulled me into a dark car park and there I let him have sex with me. I say I let him because I believed it was inevitable.
I was watching a documentary about sex crime investigation and something made me pick up the phone to the police. They're being very good.
But I went on to his Facebook profile and saw him there with his brother, sister, friends. He doesn't look like a monster, just a normal man. I know many people would say he's manipulative, unfeeling, creepy, and he has always had a reputation for preying on women and girls with low self-esteem. But he looks so normal. It'll be my fault if he's arrested. I feel awful.
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I reported him and now I feel horrendously guilty. TW: sexual assault.
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AmbivalentGirl · 01/10/2016 16:37
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