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Goldie Taylor—Why I Waited Decades to Tell Anyone I Was Raped

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It was 32 years ago, last week, that I was pulled from a dimly lit hallway into a darkened high school science lab.

I did not yell, I did not scream as he pressed me against the wall and forced his tongue into my mouth.

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