Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

"You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes," is a saying we have heard since we were children. But these men are wearing women's high heel to bring attention to sexual violence against women. Our book reports that a sexual assault occurs every two minutes in the United States, and is largely under reported. The statistics for rape and physical assault are staggering. Georgia ranks 11th out of the 50 states and DC for incidences of forcible rape, but a GA state representative ( republican) wants to amend the state criminal codes, only in the matter of rape, stalking and domestic violence, to read "accuser" in stead of "victim".  In other words, if your wallet is stolen you are a true victim because obviously a crime really happened, unlike rape which is just what the women "accuses" the man of committing. You know, no real proof, she was probably asking for it, blah, blah, blah. It is horrific what the legislators (mostly, if not all, republican) are doing to women this year. Quindlen is right- we need the "F" word.