By Rebecca McQuillan
Every so often, I find myself comparing notes with other women about sexual abuse. I often wonder how many have experienced it.
Among those I’ve spoken to, the tally is 100 per cent.
The abuse they describe ranges from unpleasant comments, up to and including rape; usually, people relate multiple incidents. Crude comments, groping, men exposing themselves, men threatening them, being followed in the street: these things are, or have been, part of the tableau of their live...
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