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Mom asked me if I was okay. I shrugged and nodded. Well, there you go, she said. She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception. If you don’t think you’re hurt, then you aren’t, she said. So many women make such a big deal out of these things. But you’re stronger then that, she went back to her crossword puzzle.

Jeannette Walls

Mom asked me if I was okay. I shrugged and nodded. Well, there you go, she said. She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception. If you don’t think you’re hurt, then you aren’t, she said. So many women make such a big deal out of these things. But you’re stronger then that, she went back to her crossword puzzle.

Tags: mysogyny

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About Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls (born April 21, 1960) is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it had been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 421 weeks as of June 3, 2018. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award and Christopher Award.