# Now that Marion Z. Bradley's child raping has come out, does it change your desire to reread her?

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Her once claiming to be a kung-fu ninja, or whatever, is germane _how_? I get bringing up the “Nobody believes I was harassed in a cobbler’s shop” bit, but the leg-breaking thing, specifically, isn’t. It’s just a cheap shot.

It’s not. Her kung-fu femur breaking skillz were when she was allegedly sexually assaulted.

In a thread called “Blame the victim mentality regarding rape/sexual assault”, Broomie chimed in about how she was attacked but heroically fought off her attacker, but didn’t say anything because she was afraid of the consequences and how dare people ask her “How did you know he wanted to rape you?”.  
[Cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11563632&postcount=49)\*

There’s a clear correlation/connection between her comments in that thread and the obvious hypocrisy in this one.  
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> [@Blame the victim mentality regarding rape/sexual assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blame-the-victim-mentality-regarding-rape-sexual-assault/510151/49):
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> I haven’t been raped - I successfully fought my attacker.
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> However, at times when I have mentioned the attempted rape I have been asked “how did you know he wanted to rape you?”
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> Well, fuck - I was in my own backyard on a Sunday afternoon when this goon grabs me from behind with an arm around my neck, drags me into the bushes, and starts trying to remove my clothes. I thought “impending rape” was a reasonable conclusion. And it’s not like the alternatives to rape for that scenario were going to be fun for me either. It sure felt like assault of \*some \*sort before he even finished dragging me into the bushes.
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> Just for the record - I hit him a bunch of times, but what made him drop me long enough for me to run like hell was the kick that broke his leg. The pity is, I’d been aiming for his testicles and missed, hitting his leg instead.
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> Still, I never said anything to anyone for years afterward. I was afraid I’d be brought up on assault charges myself, even if he was an intruder on home area. And yeah, I was pretty sure it was rape on his mind - I knew him from school, I was [not] the first girl he ever attacked, just probably the first one to fight him off.
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> Anyhow, it sure convinced me that it could happen any time and any where.

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