Rape In The Film Half The Sky

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In the movie Half the Sky Nicholas Kristof traveled to zzzzzz to document the life of a woman. What he found there was violence, rape, child abuse, and just woman abuse in general. In the story Nicholas Kristof documents a girl named zzzzz and her life after being raped and tries to help her but sadly nothing really can happen to fix it and justice is not served. Rape affects us all not just on a personal level but also on a social and even structural level.

Rape affects you on a personal level because of the mental scarring it gives you. Someone can be scarred for life and never be able to recover from that traumatic event. It also may ruin your confidence and make you feel embarrassed. It physically scars you, from the pain of rape to

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