Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Ben Atherton-Zeman - Feminist, Actor and Husband" <>]

Hello, SAPC friends!  I have a message from Victoria Bowen - you might 
remember her as the young woman who was raped, and then was forbidden to use 
the word "rape" in her Nebraska trial.  Her story is compelling and I hope we 
can all help her spread her message as she begins to speak publicly about 
what happened to her.  

Please write to her for more information, not me (unless you want to invite 
both of us - we're beginning to do some work together).  Thanks!  

  My name is Tory Bowen.  In 2004, a senior in college at the University of 
Nebraska - Lincoln, I was raped by a man who was arrested for rape twice 
before. 

  You may remember my case from the media coverage - the judge banned the 
words, 'rape, date rape drugs, sexual assault, defendant, sexual assault 
nurse examiner, rape kit'... the list goes on. Now, the state of Nebraska had 
to drop the case because the Judge banned too much evidence. 

  A man who has been arrested 3 different times for 3 different rapes, for 3 
different women walks the streets free today. What is to stop him from victim 
number 4? Certainly not the courts. I have not only been a victim of rape, 
but a victim of the judicial system. 

  I am interested in speaking at Universities, Schools, Police Groups, Rape 
Crisis Centers, etc., about my case. If you are interested, please contact me 
at: 
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  Speaking out is how I fight back.

  Thank you,
  Tory Bowen

Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
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Booking information: 978-263-3254

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"Empowerment, we are now asked to believe, is not about getting an education, 
not about becoming economically independent, not about taking control of our 
bodies, not about saving the environment, not about working toward social 
justice, but dressing a certain way and wearing the newest version of what 
ever t-shirt or body piecing we choose. Racism, sexism, and class privilege 
are still alive and well.We have exchanged the possibility of genuine change 
for feminism light and designer water."   
- Human Rights Watch, www.hrw.org.