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...