What Does a Sympathetic Portrayal of Sexual Assault on Screen Look Like?
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.

A young woman gets a new job as an executive secretary. Her boss discovers that she resembles her late mother who he desired but lost to another man. Seeing his chance for revenge the boss and his sadistic circle of friends make plans to turn her into his personal sex slave.
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.
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