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MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2002

"I have never been raped, but you don't have to be sexual assaulted to understand a violent act (verbal or physical) committed against you. Rape is a violent crime committed against women - and in rare cases against men.

Tamara Brooks and Jacqueline Marris, who were abducted at gunpoint in Lancaster, Calif., were terrorized and raped. They were within minutes of losing their lives, police reported. They stabbed their kidnapper and saw police shoot him to death.

They were victims of a violent crime. They were blameless. . ."

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DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: New attitudes come forth about rape and its victims (The Grand Forks Herald 8/19)