B.C. premier says men play important role in preventing sexual violence
BURNABY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says she is finally speaking out about a sexually motivated attack that happened 37 year ago in an effort to chip away at the culture of silence.
“It wasn’t the worst thing that ever happened to anybody by a long shot. And I had to ask myself why I didn’t want to talk about it, why I had never even told my spouse,” she said at an unrelated news conference Friday.
“And the reason was is I was ashamed about it and I didn’t think anybody would care.”
Clark revealed that at 13 years old, she was dragged into some bushes while walking in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, but escaped.