Monthly Archives: September 2021

Posted by Erin Gallivan | Uncategorized

When I think of what happened to me, the most accurate description is this: he had sex with me without my consent. Was it rape? Was it Sexual assault? Those terms have always made me feel really uncomfortable. Amy Schumer coined the term “gray-area rape” to describe her experience of her boyfriend having sex with …

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Posted by Erin Gallivan | Uncategorized

After I was sexually assaulted by my boyfriend, I acted like it didn’t happen. I didn’t get angry with him. I didn’t break up with him. In fact, I planned a romantic evening for the very next night. I stayed with him for several months. Why? Why do women who’ve been raped do things that …

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Posted by Erin Gallivan | Uncategorized

I was a freshman in college. He was my boyfriend. I can’t remember how long we had been dating, maybe a few weeks. I had never had sex before, but not because I didn’t want to. We were drunk, went back to his room. We were fooling around. We had been drunk and fooled around …

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