Can A Sexual Assault Survivor Love A Rapist?

Dear Sugars

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Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Sugars discuss a letter from a survivor of sexual assault who has just been told by her long-time partner that he raped someone when he was in high school. The writer wonders how she, as a survivor and self-proclaimed feminist, can justify loving a rapist.

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0:00.0	Dear Sugar is supported by...
0:07.2	The Universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:11.6	Sugar is here, the both of us, speaking straight into your ears.
0:17.0	I'm Cheryl Strait.
0:18.5	I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio.
0:21.9	Oh dear, don't you please...
0:28.8	She has some little sweet days with me.
0:36.8	I check my bell vibes every day.
0:43.8	Oh, and this sugar, you see in my way.
0:51.8	Hi Cheryl.
0:52.8	Hi Steve.
0:53.8	How you doing?
0:54.8	I'm good, how are you?
0:55.8	I'm doing good.
0:56.8	We're going to do something a little bit different this week in Dear Sugar Radio.
1:02.8	We are not a show as listeners will know that tends to sort of chase the news cycle.
1:07.8	We try to sort of talk about individual stories that are taking place.
1:11.8	They could really be happening anytime.
1:14.8	But we were pretty deeply affected as we're millions of other people by what's being called the Stanford rape case.
1:20.8	And in particular, the brave long statement given by the victim of that sexual assault.
1:26.8	And as it should happen a couple of days after she gave that very powerful statement in court into our email box,
1:34.8	popped a very intense letter that we felt we should deal with as soon as possible.
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