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polimicks ([personal profile] polimicks) wrote2010-12-02 05:42 pm

Fat as Protection from Rape

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=252

There’s something that comes up in the literature about survivors of sexual assault that’s been bugging me for awhile: the idea that survivors of sexual assault gain weight to protect themselves from further assault.

First, I’d like to bring to your attention the fact that sexual assault is about power, not attraction. Read the rest at http://www.polimicks.com