Marcella Chester is a date rape survivor, speaker, author of the autobiographical novel Cherry Love, 9 year volunteer on Olmsted County Rape Crisis Line, speaker, blogger and anti-violence advocate.

For more information, read her full bio.

Her first blog post provides the motivation for her blog Abyss2hope: A rape survivor's zigzag journey into the open and this website. 




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Some of the content and many of the links on Date Rape Is Real Rape originated on her blog Abyss2hope: A Rape Survivor's Zigzag Journey Into The Open.

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Disclaimer: Because most perpetrators of date rape are male and most victims are female, the default pronoun for rapist will be 'he' and the default pronoun for the rape victim will be 'she.' However, since rape is a crime which originates in the brains of the offenders not a particular sex organ or hormone that means girls and women are capable of rape and boys and men can be victims.