



The essay describes the writer's experience in a secret, oath-bound support group for rape survivors at Boston University, where members were instructed never to acknowledge their connection in public.
It centers on a younger member, identified only as Laura, who joined the group soon after being assaulted and appeared heavily medicated and disoriented in early meetings, requiring other members to walk her safely through traffic.
The piece argues that little structural support has changed for campus survivors since the writer's own experience years earlier.
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