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This thing about the right wing nuts mocking @AOC really pisses me off. I salute her bravery and candor. Sadly I was neither and harbored a secret of sexual assault for over for over 30 years and the high prize that the violence of Apartheid exacted from my life.
I only revealed the sexual assault when the perpetrator of the indignity managed to track me down a couple of years ago and claimed he wanted to be my friend. During my years of silence, I never told a soul, my parents died without knowing the terror, hurt and pain I suffered.
This man raped me when I just graduated from college and lived with his mom and family. I thought it was a safe space. Them being strict Catholics and all. I told him to fuck off and if he doesn't, I will name and shame him. He slithered away like the snake he is.
After sneaking into my bedroom and raping me, he threatened me by telling me that he could say that I came onto him and it was because of the way I looked and dressed that it happened.
In tandem with the violence and trauma I suffered during Apartheid, I condemned myself to a life of loneliness, guilt and inferiority. And never recovered. I later married a man that was not dissimilar to him and once I got the vibes from him and witnessed him leering and
flirting with young girls (teenagers at best), I took my daughter and ran. Divorced him and her visits were restricted to when I could be present. He never challenged me about it and once he drifted out of our lives, I told everyone that he was dead.
Nevertheless, I digress. AOC is not responsible for the actions of the insurrectionists or the person who assaulted her. Anybody that thinks that, can go and fuck themselves. Society needs to change it's mindset about women and quit promoting and excusing misogyny.
