Another sad reminder

[ismnotwasm]

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
I linked to the CDC website because it's handy, and contains some good information, I'm planning on exploring where they got some of the statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/svfacts.htm

For all the women I know who have suffered sexual assault in any fashion, for our daughters and sons who are forced to live in a world where sexual assault is so common. For our society that refuses to look at the implications of that frequency. For all the women who live in fear and the soul freezing despair that comes from fear. For all the men who have suffered from sexual assault have nowhere to turn.

I am here. I won't back down. I'll continue to fight. And when I'm weary, I know someone else will continue the fight. There are many of us. We ARE here.

If any of you have other links or links to resources for sexual assault prevention or support for victims, please feel free to add them here.

[MountainLaurel]

1. More links

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network

DC Rape Crisis Center

DOJ Publications on Rape and Sexual Assault

And a song: Tori Amos's "Me and a Gun":

5am
Friday morning
Thursday night
Far from sleep
I'm still up and driving
Can't go home
obviously
So I'll just change direction
Cause they'll soon konw where I live
And I wanna live

Got a full tank and some chips
It was me and a gun
And a man on my back
And I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants
You can laugh
It's kind of funny things you think
at times like these
Like I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this

Yes I wore a slinky red thing
Does that mean I should spread
For you, your friends your father, Mr. Ed

Me and a gun
and a man
On my back
But I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this
Yes I wore a slinky red thing
Does that mean I should spread
For you, your friends your father, Mr. Ed
And I know what this means
Me and Jesus a few years back
Used to hang and he said
"It's your choice babe just remember
I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time
So you choose well"
Tell me what's right
Is it my right to be on my stomach
of Fred's Seville

Me and a gun
and a man
On my back
But I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this

And do you know Carolina
Where the biscuits are soft and sweet
These things go through you head
When there's a man on your back
And you're pushed flat on your stomach
It's not a classic cadillac

Me and a gun
and a man
On my back
But I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this