The Linor Documentary Project

Overcoming Shame by Sharing Your Story – Article in Feministing

inbal — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:44:37 +0000

If you would like to read an article on rape and on Linor, please go to: http://feministing.com/2010/03/30/overcoming-shame-by-sharing-your-story/

“Linor is traveling the world with her documentary crew to speak with survivors of rape and to encourage them – and other survivors – to overcome the shame and silence around rape, and to tell their stories and press charges. [...] If you aren’t a survivor, you can still do something to break down the barriers of silence and shame that make rape possible.”

Trailer!

inbal — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:56:49 +0000

To view the 4-minute documentary trailer click here

Filmmakers Blog

inbal — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:26:18 +0000

This space is for comments from the people who have made this project possible. Interns, Transcribers, Associate Producers, Editors, Producers, and all of those working on the project are invited to blog about their challenges, aspirations, and achievements from the international journey and process of making the documentary. We invite you to go to this page and discover the diverse points-of-view the filmmakers have to offer, in the Filmmakers Blog.

Updates on the Film

inbal — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:46:16 +0000

If you would like to view snapshots, Linor’s proposal, and updates on the film, we invite you to go to our Film page where recent briefs have been added.

Letter From the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Recommending Linor as a Speaker

inbal — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:35:10 +0000

Article in The Jewish Weekly

inbal — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:54:59 +0000

Media Coverage on Linor’s Trip to Cleveland

inbal — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:04:29 +0000

- Calls to Cleveland Rape Crisis Center are up 50 percent this summer, taxing services

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/calls_to_cleveland_rape_crisis.html

- Israeli beauty queen speaks out against rape

http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2009/09/04/news/local/doc4a9feef1ad880448767923.txt

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admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:40:34 +0000

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tdomf_eb22a — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:28:53 +0000

Most recently was when I lived with my ex-fiance. I was the first girl he’d slept with and I naturally had a much lower libido than him, but usually went with it anyway. One day he wanted sex when I was feeling really unwell. I told him I felt crappy and wanted to have a nap. He kept pressing; finally he called me selfish and hit me. We had sex and then he left me to nap. About an hour and a half later he made me get up and have a shower. While we were in the shower I passed out and he had to take me to the emergency department. I was dehydrated because of the heat and had to be put on a drip. He never apologised, never even acknowledged what had happened.

Worse things have happened to me, but this is the story I wanted to share. There was little force and we lived together, but it still affected me badly. I believed him when he said I was selfish, even after I ended up leaving him because of his abuse. In the months following I had several one night stands with men I wasn’t even attracted to. I felt that wanting to have sex with me was the standard I should be going for because I didn’t have anything else to offer that they couldn’t get from anyone else.

This post was submitted by Cassandra.

Rape inside marriage is still rape…

tdomf_eb22a — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:40:24 +0000

I was married. I had a child. My husband was going through some midlife crisis of sorts. He drank more and more frequently in greater quantities. When he drank he wanted sex. I knew he didn’t want me because my weight repulsed him. And yet when he drank he wanted sex. It became more aggressive. I accepted it because I thought if I did he would eventually snap out of it and realize he loved me and we would be ok.

One night he drank himself stupid. He wanted sex. He didn’t want to look at my face so he told me to get on all fours – doggy style. I agreed. He was rough and aggressive and demanding. I was passive and hoping eventually he would stop being like this.

He slipped out of my vagina and his penis slid up to my bum. I pulled away and told him he was up too far. He pulled me back and pushed against me. I howled in pain and pulled away. He pulled me back and forced himself in. I whimpered over and over again to stop, please stop, it hurt. He came relatively quickly although it felt like an eternity. He slapped my ass and left the room. I curled up in a ball and tried to relax the muscles in my bum so the pain would stop. I puked in my mouth.

He came back and mumbled “Did I just cross some line?” and passed out in a drunken stupor. I slowly made my way to the bathroom where I realized I was bleeding from my bum. It hurt.

Every day for a week when I had a bowel movement there was blood and the tears reopened and I bled. I was too ashamed to go to the Doctor. I was too ashamed to tell anyone. I kept silent. I finally told my counselor who I was seeing about my bulimia. She called it rape. I wanted to argue. I didn’t want to be that woman. She told me if I felt safer not reporting it, it didn’t make me a coward because the rape conviction rate for rape inside marriage was pretty much non-existent. I kept silent.

I won’t anymore. I’m divorced now. Knowing who my abuser was makes it worse. I still have to see my ex when he has custody of my daughter.

But I am healing, slowly. And I want to be heard because marital rape is all to often overlooked. It’s just as devastating.

This post was submitted by Jade.