Without Our Consent: The Kavanaugh hearings show how power operates in patriarchy.

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4. Something I have not told anyone

I'm a 72 year old man. When I was about 10 years old I was sexually assaulted by the son of the local grocery store owner. He was in his late 20's or so. A friend of mine was also assaulted by him.
He exposed himself to us and got us to touch his penis. We were young and scared and he took advantage of that.
I did tell my mother though...perhaps I was so naive about sex that I wasn't shamed into silence.
Anyway, he disappeared a few days later, and the couple who owned the store sold it and they disappeared a few months later.
I never knew what happened to them, and never asked.
Even back then, predators found victims and they weren't always young girls or women. All they had to be was vulnerable.

Pat