Meet Tiffany: born in Pennsylvania but residing in Los Angeles, this brave survive has undergone multiple episodes of sexual violence or attempts at victimization. Her story perfectly demonstrates significant trends in acquaintance rape, including the likelihood that a victim will freeze during an assault in what psychiatrists call rape-induced paralysis. Additionally, Tiffany’s story epitomizes the high mental and emotional tax often paid by victims who attempt to seek medical attention or to have officers write incident reports about what has happened to them. No matter how uncomfortable, we ought to take very seriously that Tiffany’s experiences – all of them – are valid and real.