Reviews with content warning for Rape - Eu Tenho Um Nome

more specifically: brock (guilty of 3 counts of sexual assault since fingering without consent wasn’t legal rape in california at the time of the assault) and his father (defender of sexual assault) can rot in hell. his dad saying “the verdict” ruined brock’s life as opposed to brock ruining his own life by raping someone. saying brock has never been violent, even though he sexually assaulted someone — you idiot, how is that not violent? brock himself saying he’d do everything he could to educate people on the dangers of alcohol, as if drunkenness is an excuse for touching people without their consent. all that to say: they can truly rot in hell.

i’m also disgusted by the women who reviewed this book and said it was “unbelievable how many times she says she was sexually harassed.” i’m very glad you have not experienced as much, but that doesn’t make your experience the believable range of sexual harassment.

my own reflection: i remember the first time a man assaulted me. the details about what i was wearing, if i’d been drinking, if i’d said no, (insert horrible line of questioning here) do not matter. what matters is this: an adult man groped a teenager in broad daylight, with witnesses, and saw nothing wrong with that.

i long for the day when our society teaches men to not rape and/or sexually assault women rather than telling women how to protect themselves from sexual violence.

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just_mrs_w's review against another edition

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dark inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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doublel11's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I put off reading this book because I knew it would be infuriating, and it was. It's still an important story, and Miller is a great writer. The book could've used better editing and organization, but she's a powerful story teller. I highlighted the shit out of this book, which is always a good sign.

Btw, as someone who attended University of Dayton for 4 years, and worked in Oakwood which is right next door, Brock Turner can go get fucked with his "small town Ohio" BS (among the heaps of other BS he spewed.) It's basically Dayton. And it's an affluent neighborhood. He acts like he grew up on a pig farm in the middle of nowhere.

He's such a piece of shit. This is what happens when parents raise their kids to be entitled fucks who never hear the word "no." Add our rape culture to the mix and it's the perfect recipe for violence and disaster.

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