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Tugce Albayrak: Germany pays tribute to student killed for helping harassed women

Thousands of people have joined silent vigils across Germany to pay tribute to a student who was beaten to death after stopping a group of men harassing two women.

Tugce Albayrak, 22, intervened when she heard the women screaming for help in a restaurant toilet in the city of Offenbach on 15 November.

But later, in the car park, she was brutally attacked with a bat by one of the men and left with critical head injuries, the Suddeutsche Zeitung reported.

Her parents made the decision to switch off her life support on Friday after doctors told them she would never regain consciousness and declared her brain dead. It was her 23rd birthday.

Women who were raped take to Twitter to explain why they didn’t report it

Because I was ashamed.

Because I was a child and had to trust my dad.

Because no one would have believed me.

These phrases have been taking Twitter by storm in the wake of the unfolding scandal involving Jian Ghomeshi, the embattled former CBC star tarnished by allegations of sexual assault.

Much of the conversation sparked by the allegations has revolved around the reporting of cases of rape and sexual assault by women who live in fear of being victimized.

Using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported, several women have detailed feelings of shame and powerlessness before the law for reasons they did not denounce their attackers. Others feared that no one would have believed them.

A comment on this Humans of New York post (via aboutme-g)

Why does this have so little notes?

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Wow. This is the attitude I strive for

(via faeries-and-nature)

:/

(via amandaonedayatatime)

That nudity is inherently sexual

That people should be judged for their personal decisions

That yelling solves problems

That they are too young to be talking about the things they’re already starting to ask questions about

That age correlates to importance

That interacting with someone of the opposite sex is inherently romantic

but like

i don’t see a breastfeeding mother or a woman simply walking around and existing and having breasts as sexual????

Heartbreaking confessions show many women don’t even realize they were raped