I was raped by a classmate in medical school. I tried to confront him about it and he refused to acknowledge it. I asked my University counsellor if I could change classes (this was the first week of a new term so it would have been easy). She told me that unless I reported him to the police they wouldn’t help me, and that being in class with him would act as “exposure therapy”. I know if I reported him he wouldn’t be convicted, and I would be ostracised by my future colleagues for claiming rape. I attempted suicide three times after that.
