Do you believe the Bill Cosby was guilty? Do you think the women who accused him were just looking for fame?

@Crickets well for a start he was bill cosby. I could hardly believe it when it first came out. For one woman to come out and say something like that about a man as respected as bill cosby ... it would be devastating when everyone told you to shut up about it. The conviction rates on rape are still hideously low and they have improved significantly over the years. A woman who is afraid of the consequences (not to mention traumatised from the attack) may not want to speak up about it. Anyone who has ever been sexually assaulted can tell you that its not as simple as just 'telling someone'

also - people have been accusing him for years, its only just been taken seriously.

It takes time for a person who has been abused to work it out in their head. It’s hard when you trust someone who is an obvious good person AND remodel like Bill Cosby was ..to come to terms with and accept that they are not the person you thought they were. It’s difficult to come to terms with the fact that you have been victimized so much so that the rest of your life will not be ever be the same. It’s a lot to swallow. Some people don’t want to be victims. They just want to move on and make a clean break but what they don’t realize is you can’t run away. It will eat you up until you tell someone about it. Facing your abuser is one way to get rid of bad feelings or feelings of being a victim. It’s similar to facing up to the bad thing that happened. Telling other people is another way to accept that you are now a victim or have at least been a victim of terrible crime and it will always be part of you. Another hard thing to swallow is the realization that good people are bad. Who do we trust now? Can we ever feel safe again? Will we ever look at people the same way again? It’s like getting shocking news and not knowing what to do with it. These are questions that people who have been abused ask themselves. It obviously affected some of the women more than others. I can’t remember that one woman’s name but I will never forget her outrage as long as I live. @Crickets

@prawntobewild I've never heard of any complaints against him till last year.
I always wondered how many would NOT being going through this, if they just came out years ago and fought till they received justice back then.

The first accusation against cosby was made in 1965 - she was basically told to shut up and go away.

@Spoiledbrat As a rape victim myself, it didn't take me YEARS to come out and start something much later in life. I guess that's where I don't get it. I've been there and the last thing on my mind was letting him go no matter how scared I was. My fear was him coming back and raping me again, or even after my sister.
I don't know, I guess everyone handles everything differently.

im also a rape victim and I have never pressed charges or even told anyone in 'real life' - i couldnt handle it.

@prawntobewild In my situation, my sister and I was both raped by the same man. He also raped another that knew my sister and I was raped. When the third person told, obviously we were questioned. I didn't "come out" freely, but more convinced that it would be ok and I would be safe.

Thankfully he died and it made me more free.

i was very vulnerable in my youth and was raped and assaulted by more than one person on more than one occasion. we moved far away and so they couldnt get to me anymore and i just didnt want to think about it again.

@prawntobewild Hugs.

you too xxx

It may be that you didn’t know your rapist or at least not very well so that you KNEW, without a doubt, that you were a victim. You didn’t have to think about it. You had to process the rape and the intrusion, yes. I actually don’t know your relationship with the person. It’s possible that she just was like not sure what just happened. He took advantage of her. He asked her if she wanted the medication and she took it. It was complicated. He didn’t out and right rape her. He manipulated her and took her when she couldn’t fight him off. @Crickets