Speaking up is hard enough, to made felt like your rape is your fault is wrong. ‘“…I mean, if we didn’t know better, Mr. Smith, we might even think you were asking for this to happen, mightn’t we?’” (anonymous, p.247). This quote also connects to the same scene with Brandon and the police offer from the movie Boy’s Don’t Cry. After the officer asked those questions, Brandon’s response was “I don’t know what this has to do with what happened?” to which the office responded by saying he was trying to find out “exactly what is going on.” I think Brandon was right, those questions the office asked had nothing to do with the fact, whether or not Brandon identifies as men or women, that Brandon was raped. If I was Brandon I would have felt like I
