I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part 4, 'I never saw him before.' Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Strangers: Jade Gates, And Now; Pat Parker, Shoes; Martha Rogers, A Street Fair; Kate Millett, from Flying; and Ann Simonton, Trophy Girl Summary

Part 4, 'I never saw him before.' Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Strangers: Jade Gates, And Now; Pat Parker, Shoes; Martha Rogers, A Street Fair; Kate Millett, from Flying; and Ann Simonton, Trophy Girl Summary and Analysis

Jade Gates wrote And Now in response to a poem about innocence she heard Ellen Bass read. In And Now, Jade writes about five incidents that took place before she was fourteen. Jade always blamed herself, believing that it happened too often for it not to be her fault. Another woman, Pat Parker grew up in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a frustrated, violent man who often beat his children for the littlest offense. In Shoes, Pat fantasized about the shoes in a new shoe store near the bus stop where she always waited after school. After staying late in class one afternoon, Pat found herself outside the shoe store alone. The owner invited Pat inside, promising to show her all the shoes and to give her a gift. In the back room of the store, the man forced Pat to perform oral sex. When he was through, the...
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