DISNEY CRUISE SHIPS
DRUG ASSISTED RAPE
CHILD ABUSE
I JUST CAN’T REMEMBER…………….. I JUST CAN’T REMEMBER……………..
………………Let’s talk about drug- Let’s talk about drug-facilitated sexual assault facilitated sexual assault facilitated sexual assault
But I was at a party of friends…….or on a cruise where everyone was there to just have fun……. or on a
date with a “nice” person or………… We want to assume that we are in a safe environment. But even
“friends” can be dangerous and among “friends” there are often “friends of friends” and even strangers
who slip in. Certainly a party in an open bar is NOT a closed environment. While all may be there to
have a good time, some people have a very different idea of “fun.” Sometimes in life, sadly, it is those
we trust who hurt us most. So that buddy you consider a best friend who would really like to be more
than your friend could decide to have a sexual relationship with you the hard way—drug rape. And,
there have been cases of boyfriends or husbands drugging women to let others have sex with them.
Twisted indeed, but a reality for some.
But I’m 55 (or 15 or 75 or………….), I’m not someone going out to parties and acting wild. Drug rape
can happen to anyone of any age in any environment, from a private home to a party to a cruise or
even in a hospital or nursing home. No one is exempt from the possibility.
But I was with friends and we were watching each others’ backs. Often people SAY that but what does
it mean? It should mean that you never let your friend’s back out of sight but that usually isn’t how it
works. Three young ladies went out together with that promise. One wandered away to visit friends.
The second realized that their third friend was suddenly acting very strange, too drunk, and hanging all
over a complete stranger. She went to find the first friend but when they returned, their third friend
was gone—shuttled away by the drug rapist. Or consider the friends who noticed that one lady was
suddenly acting very sexual and weird. It was time to take her home but she wanted to go to the
bathroom, so they told her to go and then they would leave. By herself? Hey, you already realized
something was WRONG with her!! She headed toward the bathroom, alone, never to return to her
friends. She was walked out the back door by the drug rapist.
http://www.internationalcruisevictims.org/files/I_JUST_CANT2-ICV.pdf