Are there any women at all who have never been sexually assaulted? Even in the uk at this point in history I think it is absolutely rife. I have only just started thinking about this and I would have said previously that I had never been assaulted, but thinking about it now I definitely have.
I think I have got off lightly but I can still list
Aged about 8 a man on a beach said he would teach me to swim and put his hand inside my bather as he was pretending to hold me in the water. My dad stormed over and hit him. I had no idea what was going on.
Aged about 14 a man with learning disabilities put his hand up my dress. My Mum told him off.
Aged about 20 a man managed to undo my bra on a bus in Italy and tried a bit of a grope. I got off the bus
Aged about 22 a man knocked me to the ground in a dark street and I think he intended to rape me. Luckily passers by arrived and he fled. I didn't report it.
So that's just me with my very sheltered life. I am interested to see if there is anyone at all who can say it has never happened to them. Is it something that can ever be eliminated?