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What's the story?
Former WWE Women's Champion Melina Perez revealed in a social media post that she felt suicidal after being raped. Her post was in response to a tweet by Josh Wolf regarding Matt Damon's controversial comments about sexual harassment in an interview. She revealed she had been harassed and raped in the past, and felt both offences made her feel equally helpless.
In case you didn't know...
Matt Damon has recently made the news for his controversial views about sexual misconduct, which he shared in an interview.
In the light of the recent revelations about sexual harassment in Hollywood, Damon compared the different sexual violations and said that groping someone and rape or child molestation were vastly different. He mentioned both should be eradicated but expressed his views saying the punishment should not be same for both.
Melina was successful in WWE, and during her time with the company was at the top of the Women's Division, winning the Women's Championship three times and the Diva's Title two times.
The heart of the matter
Melina then went on to post on Facebook, where she said that being raped had led her to feel suicidal. She went on to say though being groped had not had as extreme an effect on her, both the offences were life-altering. She mentioned how she had felt helpless because if she had said anything, she would not have been believed and might even have been called attention-seeking.
She finally went on to say she was not pointing fingers but wanted to educate people on the subject.
"My worth, my purpose, my existence altered. If I say anything I'm a liar, exaggerating or looking for attention. So many suffer this helplessness in silence. Which I did for years."
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Author's take
Sexual offences remain an unfortunately regular occurrence, which many people the world over suffer. Celebrities like Melina and other women who spoke up in the #metoo campaign bring light to an unspoken problem about the world we live in, which needs to be dealt with hard and fast.
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