Ronald Reagan's daughter admitted that all her life was silent about the experience of violence
'23.09.2018'
Source: Time
Patti Davis, the daughter of President Ronald Reagan, admitted that she had been the victim of a sexual assault, in an editorial advocating Christina Blazi Ford accusing a candidate in the Supreme Court of Brett Cavanaugh of misconduct. writes Timé.
In an article published by The Washington Post, Davis writes about a meeting with a music performer that happened almost 40 years ago. She said that she remembers that she was offered cocaine, which she "is confident on 90%" refused. Despite her vague memories of some details of the evening, she writes that she perfectly remembers what happened next.
“He crossed the room. There was a dark green carpet, but its steps seemed loud and heavy. He was against me, on me - so quickly - he put his hands under my skirt and kissed me so that I froze. I lay when he got into me. The leather sofa stuck to my skin, and made sounds beneath me. His breath smelled of coffee and bread. He did not use a condom, ”she writes.
Davis says he remembers coming home and feeling lonely, she was ashamed and disgusted. “Why didn't I get out of there? Why not pushed him? Why I froze, she asked herself.
Davis said that 20 hadn't told anyone about the attack for years, and was not surprised that Ford hadn't talked about what had happened to her during 30 years. She writes that victims of sexual abuse often forget the specific details of the attack, and therefore unfairly criticize Ford for not recalling facts such as the address of the house in which everything happened.
“What is happening: your memory photographs details that will always haunt you, it will change your life and will live under your skin. Memory erases those parts of the story that are of little significance, ”writes Davis.
Recall 51-year-old psychology professor at the University of California, Palo Alto, Christine Blaise Ford, accused Kavano that he tried to rape her at a party at the beginning of 1980.
In July of this year, Ford sent a confidential letter describing the incident to Diana Feinstein, a Democratic senator from the state of California. The man shared information with the FBI, after which the letter got into the White House, though without the name of the author. Kavano made a statement in which he stated that he "categorically and unequivocally" denies this accusation.
