Rape In The News
September, 2000
The conspiracy of silence that once surrounded rape has long been shattered. In the space of a few months, we encountered articles on rape almost daily, each different, each horrific. But each story asked us to respond, to take new action.Legislators in Illinois circulated a letter from a college student. Two men had trapped her in an alley and had taken turns raping her. They'd beaten her and thrust a gun inside her, threatening to pull the trigger if she reported the incident. The next day a t...
