Re: the rape and attempted suicide, since it's been brought up over previous posts.

There is an alternative chain of thought hengcs, a lot of women who have been raped or sexually assaulted believe that they have in some way brought it upon themselves (no matter how ridiculous that sounds). This in turn brings a strong sense of guilt, this plus the fact that she cared for her attacker, added to his arrest and imprisonment would be more than enough along with her continuing suffering under her father's heavy handed parenting to tip someone over the edge.

I still think the whole episode was completely unwarrented though.

Cheers Trev.