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  Hi Blog!  I honestly feel kind of guilty because I only post when I'm sad or have an issue. But today I wanted to talk about sexual assault and rape. Very hot topics in the news and on social media recently. Even I a newly 18-year-old have my own story of sexual assault/harassment to tell, and this isn't uncommon. I mean the statistic is that 97% of women aged 18-24 have been sexually assaulted or harassed at least once in their lifetime. 97%.   That is nearly every woman. And those who haven't sit in society, scared, trying their hardest to protect themselves from the inevitability of it happening. Let me talk about my experience, I always squashed it because it wasn't anything extreme but if it is non-consensual then that is as extreme as it gets.  When I was 16 I was drunk at a 'party' on the last day of school. Mostly everyone had gone home including most of my friends. I saw a guy who I had known for a few years dancing with one of my friends but she did