{"id":2080,"date":"2012-11-27T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averral.com\/blog\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2012-11-27T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:51:16","slug":"cheryl-rape-scars-tsq-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/cheryl-rape-scars-tsq-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl – Rape Scars – TSQ 15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to statistics, one fifth of women had been victims of rape or attempted rape. I found the figures discomforting. When i was in university, I read an article on women… in a school’s magazine.. that impacted the way I think about women and their bodies.<\/p>\n

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Because I am a Woman – Written by Jessica Hill in Monash University Women’s Issues, Voices, Words – Dissent 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a photo I took of the page, and the words that impacted me were:<\/p>\n

“Because I am a woman, my body is something to CONSUME and OWN and RIP OPEN and PENETRATE and MUTILATE and OCCUPY and VIOLATE and RAPE.” Jessica Hill<\/p>\n

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\nCheryl shows the scar on her arm<\/p>\n

I felt… it is true.. the way the media had portrayed women to be, an object of pleasure and desire. Women are nothing but objects of pleasure. It is… sad and discomforting. Hence I did this video as a tribute to the suffering of women.<\/p>\n

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According to statistics, one fifth of women had been victims of rape or attempted rape. I found the figures discomforting. When i was in university, I read an article on women… in a school’s magazine.. that impacted the way I think about women and their bodies. Because I am a Woman – Written by Jessica […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[396,393],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n