To Make the Personal Political: The Use of Testimony as a Consciousness-Raising Tool Against Sexual Aggression in Puerto Rico

Four years ago, I was kidnapped, taken to an isolated sugarcane field, and raped by a gang of three men. My intention in sharing this information is not to make you feel sorry for me in a condescending attitude that would only undermine the seriousness of such a devastating experience rather, I would like to change your way of feeling and thinking about what that experience represents for a woman. If ever you are forced to confront a person who has survived such aggression, this may help you to understand what she has gone through and what still awaits her