Sexual assault leaves lasting impact

Katie Whaley • April 23, 2019

A 2017 study conducted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information recorded of the 298 women who visited an emergency rape clinic in Sweden, 70 percent reported significant tonic immobility during the assault.

I was in a panic

Ann Fitzmaurice • April 23, 2019

"He started to kiss me, and I just kind of just stood there because I was in a panic, and I didn't know what to do besides freeze."

I didn’t say yes

Ann Fitzmaurice • April 23, 2019

“I was either going to have to do stuff, or he was going to be mad at me, so I felt like I was obliged."

I wasn’t asking for it

Ann Fitzmaurice • April 23, 2019

"I was trying to push him off me, but I was so tired. I couldn't push him off of me."

I asked him to stop

Ann Fitzmaurice • April 23, 2019

"The next day I immediately threw up and cried until the rattling in [my] chest stopped."

I didn’t know what happened

Ann Fitzmaurice • April 22, 2019

"He finally got me to say yes somehow. Then I woke up, and I didn't remember most of the stuff that happened."

They would just grab me

Ann Fitzmaurice • April 22, 2019

"I expected [meeting Them] to be a loving, compassionate experience, but They had other ideas, apparently."