When Being Raped Is The Best Line In Your Resume
Today, we’ll tackle the question of why so many women insist on casting themselves as “survivors” even when—perhaps especially when—they have lives of glittering privilege.
Last fall, The New York Times published an article that ought to win a Pulitzer Prize (if that accolade still meant something) on Amy Griffin’s memoir of sexual abuse, The Tell. The gist of the story is: The wife of billionaire hedge fund manager claims she was raped from age 12 to 16 by a middle school teacher in Amarillo, Texas, citing details that are strikingly similar to the sexual abuse of one of her classmates.




