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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted this on another thread, but will post again here:
I believe most of it. I knew two women who were gang raped in similar situations in frats while I was in college; they were not "duped" but sounded like they were incredibly fall-down drunk/stoned. Both became pregnant (which is the only reason I heard about it) and both had people tell them what happened after they realized something was wrong. The guys called it "riding the train" when they referred to the incident. (Not at UVA, by the way, but at schools with large DC-area student bodies.)

Nothing ever happened to the frat guys. Most were fairly wealthy, at least upper middle class as were the girls. The administration knew it was happening and did get security to do sweeps to "round up" the really drunk girls they found outside frat houses and deliver them to a safer place to sober up, so they would be less likely to be victimized. Seriously. Nothing was ever reported to police.

One girl gave the child up for adoption, the other decided to have an abortion. I just assume there were many many other stories I did not hear if the girls did not get pregnant due to: preexisting use of birth control, enough knowledge or bravery to go to the ER for treatment, or just plain luck. [/quote]

So awful. I'd heard the expression "riding the train" before but until this thread, I never knew what it meant. I assumed it had something to do with consuming copious amounts of beer. Now I really wish that's all it were![/quote]

That's one reason I posted the phrase, because I think many people may have heard guys talking about these sorts of incidents "in code" and really have no idea what they actually mean. And, there are usually no reports, no police involved.   [/quote]

At yet in the alleged UVA incident, the alleged victim was sober and, while she purportedly recalled every detail of what happened during her assault, we're not told in an otherwise graphic article whether the alleged perpetrators wore condoms or whether she was sufficiently concerned to have a pregnancy/AIDS/STD test.  Yet more reasons reason why the veracity of the account is open to serious question.  [/quote]

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