Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - 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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3.5

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5.0

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4.25

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5.0

This book was so moving, there were moments that left me breathless - Miller has a way with words that seemed effortless but so well constructed. It’s nothing like a memoir I’ve read before. She had such strength of character and is to be commended for sharing her story in such a raw way.

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When the Brock Turner news came out, I wrote an article about it on a blog for the non-profit that I am with that fights human trafficking. It was tragic to hear later on about how short his sentencing was for the assault against Chanel. She had gone by another name due to being anonymous to protect her identity, but she has written this to let us know her side of the story. I had read what she wrote that was released to the public after the sentencing went through, to give a glimpse of her own feelings, but now, in her book, I am really grateful to learn more. Considering the hardships she has gone through; I appreciate her candidness and her willingness to move forward the best to her ability. I will say, towards the end, she did repeat stuff she had already shared with us, but I understand why. She did get a little political at points, but that is because it was in association to the time period and what she was going through.

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