THE SEXDUCATION OF BRIDGET

At a seminar on Domestic Violence yesterday, I was one of the speakers and during the question and answer session, a young nineteen year old girl opened up and told her story. She was raped at the age of 16 by four lads who lured her via Facebook to their lair and had their way with her. 'They used condoms' , she said. She said she was numb for a few days after and could not tell her parents because she was scared what would happen to her. A few months later, she was again gang-raped by two different lads, living in the next street to hers. The same way the first gang contacted her; Facebook. With a growing hatred for men, she said she found herself on a sex mission as if on automated program me. On her last count, she has slept with over 40 guys! She has become an emotionless creature with a growing distaste for men. To her, men are only good to be used and she thinks sleeping with men and getting small amounts of money from them for services rendered is just payback enough. Of course lots of people at the seminar rushed to her aid and offered counseling. But I just could not help wondering since yesterday. A deep anger burns in me over her plight and I am so pissed at the society as well. A failed system which has eroded all moral values. The Facebook predators is a story for another day. What a cruel world!