Ashley Judd says she is "a three-time survivor of rape."

Does she mean rape-rape or what?

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/03/ashley-judd-dc-im-three-time-rape-survivor



• In her first appearance in Washington, DC since hinting at running for Senate in January, Ashley Judd opened up about the sexual abuse she was subjected to when she was younger. Judd, who is considering a challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) next fall as a Democrat, did not take questions from the press—although she did allude to reporters briefly as the "people here who don't give a rat's you-know-what about violence"—spoke for more than a hour on Friday at George Washington University on virtually anything but electoral politics. (Topics ranged from child prostitution, to female empowerment, to reproductive health care, to corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to her Kentucky roots.) But her most candid remarks may have come when she was asked if she had any advice for women who have been sexually assaulted: I've been aware of gender violence all my life, being a survivor of gender violence. Yet I was astonished when I went to graduate school and started to do a deeper dive on gender violence here in America how prevalent rape and attempted rape is, particularly amongst young people. Am I correct that it's one in three college* students, college women? So that's a lot. That's a third of us in this room. And I think part of what's important, in addition to how we shape the narrative, is that we all have the courage to talk about it, because we're as sick as our secrets and the shame keeps us in isolation. And when we find that shared experience, we gather our strength and our hope. So for example, I'm a three-time survivor of rape, and about that I have no shame, because it was never my shame to begin with—it was the perpetrator's shame. And only when I was a grown empowered adult and had healthy boundaries and had the opportunity to do helpful work on that trauma was I able to say, okay, that perpetrator was shameless, and put their shame on me. Now I gave that shame back, and it's my job to break my isolation and talk with other girls and other women. At that point, she acknowledged the audience reaction. "I see some people crying," Judd said. "And that's good." At that, Judd returned to talking about her work, mostly overseas, working with kids who had been sexually abused. "Because I am that kid," she said. "I was that kid. And there are least a third of the people in this room who would tell that same story if they had the opportunity." Later in the Q&A, a self-identified rape survivor thanked Judd for her answer. "I am glad that you spoke openly today, because I felt so alone," she said. "I know it is one in four because by my senior year in college I could count." Judd first discussed her childhood trauma in her 2011 memoir, All That is Bitter and Sweet. "An old man everyone knew beckoned me into a dark, empty corner of the business and offered me a quarter for the pinball machine at the pizza place if I'd sit on his lap," she wrote. "He opened his arms, I climbed up, and I was shocked when he suddenly cinched his arms around me, squeezing me and smothering my mouth with his, jabbing his tongue deep into my mouth." Although the discussion of rape elicited the greatest emotional reaction from the audience, the bigger takeaway from Judd's talk—at least according to my Twitter feed—was Judd's frequent lapses into Hollywoodese. She referenced her friendship with Bono more than once, and at one point joked about spending winters in Scotland (where her husband is from). *Estimates vary, but it's somewhere between 20 and 25 percent.

• Isn't she divorcing her husband?

• [Quote]At that point, she acknowledged the audience reaction. "I see some people crying," Judd said. "And that's good." Taken by itself, this line made me laugh. You know she thinks very highly of herself.

• She's been outspoken for years. Her timing for this revelation is curious.

• You simply cannot move into the upper levels of fame without a rape revelation.

  Oprah

• She's a crazy and conniving cunt.She was raped three times and reports it now? What a steaming bag of bullshit that is. She's probably spent more time with Dario in Italy than in Scotland.And she's divorcing the poor Italo-Scotsman as well. I guess he was sick of her self importance. What's next...did she have an affair with Sela Ward on the set of Sisters? I wouldn't be surprised if that comes out as well.

• It must be exhausting for Ashley, Winonna and Naomi to have to CONSTANTLY come up with new gimmicks so that people will pay attention again.

• Practice makes perfect.

• She wasn't reporting the rapes, she was discussing them.

• Ashley said her mother stole money she made during a summer job for her own (the mom's) plastic surgery.

• Report discuss,make note of , talk about...same difference. She making this shit up to make herself look good.

• You know Wynonna at least finger banged her when they were growing up.

• One rape may be considered a misfortune...

  Lady%20Bracknell

• One of my earliest roles was as a regular on the TV series SISTERS. It was a kind of rape.

  Ashley Judd, wearing lens-free "smart" glasses

• She's making this shit up. Did fattie really screw skinny? R13 Isn't it...one rape is a tragedy and a million is a statistic?

  R11

• She wrote about it in her memoir but nobody read it I guess

• It was her TV cousin that was a victim of date-rape on her college campus. Not Ashley's character.

• Mitch McConnell's foreskinned turtle hands are hard at work on this thread.

• Morgan Freeman, you in trouble, gurl!

• Alas, she's considered so bonkers that even if she is telling the truth, people will scoff at it. "Ashley, you in danger, gurl."

• DAMN, R19 beat me to it. by seconds1

• Naomi had no indoor plumbing in her house. So as a child up to her teens Ashley was forced to use an Outhouse as a toilet.

• Gee, it only 11 replie to get to someone tell us it's made up. And I wonder why more women to report their attacks.

• What was the point or the topic of the "seminar" or whatever it was? I see the word "trafficking" in the background. Who were the audience members? Which groups sponsored this besides GWU? Or is it to publicize Ashley Judd? This is the problem I have with her, regardless of political leanings. [quote]Although the discussion of rape elicited the greatest emotional reaction from the audience, the bigger takeaway from Judd's talk—at least according to my Twitter feed—was Judd's frequent lapses into Hollywoodese. She referenced her friendship with Bono more than once, and at one point joked about spending winters in Scotland (where her husband is from). I can't help but get the feeling that it's not about the causes and their importance. It's that she has such an uncanny ability to reduce any topic to be about [italic]her[/italic], what she thinks, what she's done, how she's suffered, how she's survived and conquered, how she's gone to school and is really smart (she ALWAYS brings this up), etc.. I think her self-absorption is going to sink any political career she might be nurturing.

• "As well as doing my international humanitarian work" LOL I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

  https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DEqxq9NkCxEI

  Sammi%20Smith

• she's mentally ill

• You got it R6.

• So somebody was raping/abusing her and Wynnona? At the same time?

• Karl Rove is posting in this thread. Believe that she scares the shit of of him, McConnell, and KY southern wing nuts.