The poster reads:

Once he was done, he said to me “I waited so long to finally have this. Shouldn’t you be happy?”

He raped me in the front seat of my car - 3 years later. He got what he wanted. I thought I got what I wanted - for it to be over. 

I was wrong.

But I still told him “yes”

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Photographed in Charlottesville, VA on November 6th.

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The poster reads:

“Tranquila, Tranquila Besame”

(As he put the gun on the bed)

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Photographed in Charlottesville, VA on November 6th.

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The poster reads:

“I gave it to you because you deserved it” - the rapist, another student

“It was just bad sex” - the prosecutor

“We can’t punish him for being a jerk” - a dean

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Photographed in Charlottesville, VA on November 6th.

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The posters read:

“Are you just making this up to get back at me for something, or did this really happen??” - mom

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Photographed in College Park, MD on November 1st.

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The posters read:

“You’re pretty drunk, aren’t you?”

-Age 15: my rapist, after watching me fall while trying to walk away from him

“…”

-Age 19: I was sleeping when a ‘friend’ assaulted me

“I’m not going to fuck you tonight, because I don’t have a condom…and I’m HIV+. You’d probably be fine, though…”

-Age 20: While a ‘close friend’ assaulted me

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Photographed in College Park, MD on November 1st.

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The posters read:

“Don’t tell anyone. He might go to jail”

-Mom

…”and your cousins will judge you.”

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Photographed in College Park, MD on November 1st.

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The posters read:

“Shhh, just lay back. You can’t say ‘no’ now.”

I kicked him in the face.

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Photographed in College Park, MD on November 1st.

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The posters read:

“you’re so silly”

It took me two years to realize what he did to me wasn’t “silly” at all.

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Photographed in College Park, MD on November 1st.

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The posters read:

“It’ll only take ten minutes”

-the last thing I remember him saying

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Photographed in College Park, MD on November 1st.

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