That's fucking awful. On far too many levels.<p>Right now I'm feeling very angry, I'm not going to write anything more other than to say: it doesn't matter what Georgia wore, it doesn't matter if she let that bastard into her room, it doesn't matter if she said something he might have construed as sexual. You don't rape women.<p>Georgia did nothing wrong here. To say otherwise is disgusting, and if you think it you're a worm. Less than a worm actually.
ETA: I agree with mvanveen's comment below. As Georgia says, her duty is done. My confusion should be taken as my own failure to relate. <i>Our</i> duty is to fix these problems.<p>I'm confused by the attitude of (maybe I'm reading this wrong) "This is a big deal, not like that silly 'feminist' stuff" when everything wrong here (other than the attack itself) is subtle institutionalized sexism.<p>They guy's a creeper, but he wasn't already outed and banned.<p>The victim's story is questioned because of flirting/drinking/invitation/politeness<p>She had to second-guess herself and worry about legalities during the attack.<p>She's now afraid of sexist comments and still doesn't want to publicly name someone who is dangerous. (I'm not criticizing her choice per se, the problem is whatever is giving her reason not to identify him)<p>It's easy to treat all of these as little things, but if the community had treated these issues as a big deal and dealt with them, maybe this attack wouldn't even have happened.
This tweet has the info about the attacker. <a href="https://twitter.com/Packetknife/status/347136455459618818" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Packetknife/status/347136455459618818</a>
Two twit pics, to really ram this home:<p><a href="http://t.co/cUdy33pxbl" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/cUdy33pxbl</a><p><a href="http://t.co/edOkjADKNB" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/edOkjADKNB</a>
The response from the accused bloke - <a href="http://blog.gont.com.ar/2013/06/lies-nuts-and-quest-for-attention.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.gont.com.ar/2013/06/lies-nuts-and-quest-for-atte...</a>
Quite a direct story. And it's hard to find that line where further advancements suddenly become unwelcome. I guess the advice "know your limits" is what we have.
Thanks for writing this. If anyone else is ever in a similar situation, please do your best to get out of the room. Even if you think your attacker might be hurt and is no longer restraining you, just get out. Get out and THEN call someone. Knock on doors, whatever... if you don't have your phone. Staying put and waiting for the attacker to leave is a BAD idea, even if you get a chance to use a phone.
How did the police react to the evidence of theft? Is there an investigation under way? Shouldn't the guy get charged with that, at the very least?