Trigger Warning for Rape
An Indian woman who was gang-raped in 1980 attacks a still-prevalent notion:
Rape is horrible. But it is not horrible for all the reasons that have been drilled into the heads of Indian women. It is horrible because you are violated, you are scared, someone else takes control of your body and hurts you in the most intimate way. It is not horrible because you lose your “virtue.” It is not horrible because your father and your brother are dishonored.
I recommend reading the article she wrote at the age of 20, three years after her rape. The link is in the first paragraph.
Via Feministing.