Telling Rape

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  • Judith Levin Teaches writing in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Abstract

"Telling Rape" describes my experiences with telling a personal story in my writing classes — my story of being a rape survivor. I begin the article by explaining the student-centered and feminist pedagogy that supports telling this story and then describe how I have told it in different contexts and with different consequences. I go into the first two tellings in some detail to show the kinds of issues and student responses that come up in classes and the learning I do about how and why I want to tell this story. Then I describe the effects of this teaching on my life when I join a sexual assault survivors group and learn more about the consequences of the rape for me and what telling it in classes represents for my recovery. I conclude by describing more briefly the experience of telling my story in two more classes, developing further a sense of the differences in each telling and the factors that contribute to positive outcomes for students and myself.Copyright of Reflections:Narratives of Professional Helping is the property of Cleveland State University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites orposted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission.However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.

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Judith Levin, Teaches writing in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln

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Levin, J. (2014). Telling Rape. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 4(1), 7–16. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/539

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