God bless you as well Wneighbor. What you had to experience is awful, but you may have done the right thing not to have yelled out because your beloved daughter may have been next. Thanks be to God that you lived and were not cut up during the attack. I think back at those times, women were instructed not to fight their attacker to prevent the rape escalating to brutal assault or murder.
I can’t believe in your circumstance that you would have been posed as one who ‘was asking for it,’ but we never know how ruthless the defense attorney may be to keep the rapist on the street.
You are completely correct about Juanita and circumstances in the hotel. In her defense, she must have never dreamed that a man running for governor would attempt a sexual assault. his position gave him prestige and cover for those actions.
Except for the bruising of her lip, her peers would have likely convicted her as the guilty party. And Clinton being the Attorney General of Arkansas would have pulled out all the stops. She would have been destroyed. And that damage compiled with her rape would have been like being raped twice or thrice in her case.
What Juanita didn’t know at the time was that Bill had a habit and pattern of doing this to other women. She was not his first rape and would not be his last. If his pattern had been known, perhaps she would have immediately stepped forward and they would have succeeded in his prosecution. At the very least, he would have withdrawn from the Arkansas gubernatorial race.
To Women reading this: About hotel rooms. Men (most) equate hotel rooms with sex. Don’t go to an empty room with a man to discuss business or see the skyline sunset view or whatever. Just don’t do it. If it’s a group of friends okay, but when the crowd disperses- get out. There are lobbies, meeting rooms, business offices, and cameras all around outside in the public areas that give some semblance of protection and prevention.
Here are some Hotel rules for women traveling alone:
While it’s nice to be friendly to fellow travelers(not commies) , hotels are unique. Sometimes it’s better to just avoid eye contact completely with stranger-men. But if you are at a business convention or sales conference and need to be social and friendly, always follow the rules.
1. Lie- Learn to use the word WE rather than I. Never tell any man that you are staying in a hotel room alone. Eliminate the threat-zone / possibility of sex from their mind. You are staying with your mother, your sister, your kids, your business associate, your imaginary friend, or your pet pitbull. lie lie lie. lie. When you exit your room, leave the TV on loud and the lights bright.
2. Never tell a man your hotel room number or even which floor is yours. If they ask, as if it’s normal idle chat, say- “why do you need to know?” And then you know you have a potential problem guy. If you sense you are followed, return to the lobby.
3. No matter how nice he seems, Never allow him to “walk you to your room” even when he insists because “he’s a proper gentlemen.” You can pat your purse and refer to the great protection provided by Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson. Refuse all the BS attempts for him to get near your room=bed. IIf you are fearful of the hotel hallways, approach the front desk and ask them to monitor your walk to your room entrance.
4. Stay vigilante in the elevators and parking garages- valet parking is worth the $$. Always be unguard and know where the exits are located.
5. And there are a litany of piercing alarms that attach to keychains, pocket mace, stun guns and other protection devices that you can travel with assuming that you are unable to travel armed.
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Wneighbor, Thanks for sharing and I believe that your testimony will contribute to the awakening of women that are unfamiliar with the Clintons’ secret war on Bill’s victimized women. If Hillary hadn’t lied and covered for Bill and hired investigators to intimidate and discredit his victims, he would have very likely eventually faced justice and not occupied the WH. Or she could have turned him in to authorities.
Praying to you and all in the hurricane path!!!
Additional note on hotel safety for ladies, at many hotels you can tell them you’re a woman traveling alone and they will place you more securely and introduce you to security. Sometimes they have put me in rooms near the station of security personnel. Sometimes where cameras are obviously watching my door. There’s a world of study for in-room security, ladies should research that as well. The most important weapon you have is your brain.
I do always travel well armed and honestly don’t choose to vacation in gun restricted areas but even on business sometimes its inevitble that I can’t have my firearms. There are many types of self defense classes for women even if you haven’t got the physicality for all out fighting. I find gun shops have guys who are more than willing to show me non-firearms type weapons.
Please all you Floridians, Georgians and Carolinians use your heads too in this hurricane and know at all times our prayers are with you.