Vanished girl returns as woman

[doc_bean]

I don't want to play devil's advocate but....

Why didn't she just try to escape sooner? She was allowed to go on walks. Beofre that, i can't believe there was no way out of the bedroom. The window should have worked if there was no way to open the door.
He never hit her, he never (technically) abused her. She should have run sooner.

Sick bastard, dumb girl...

[Proletariat]

Sick bastard, dumb girl...

I didn't wanna be the first to say it, but it does take an incredibly foolish (trying to use the nicest word possible here) girl to have this happen.

[Dutch_guy]

Well I don't know...

Had she tried to run she might have been persued and gotten herself killed - as her kidnapper told her would happen should she try...., though personally I don't know what's worse...Spending 10 years with a sick psycopath or dying...

[Kraxis]

I don't want to play devil's advocate but....

Why didn't she just try to escape sooner? She was allowed to go on walks. Beofre that, i can't believe there was no way out of the bedroom. The window should have worked if there was no way to open the door.
He never hit her, he never (technically) abused her. She should have run sooner.

Sick bastard, dumb girl...

Of course she should... But apparently he was a convincing person, and also it is far from uncommon that women/girls don't dare fight back when raped...

[master of the puppets]

poor girl, she was probably pretty brainwashed. its the same reason that a women stays with an abusive man, A)fear of repercussion for disobeying B)hes not so bad and he will change C)he loves me. its happened before, its just someone getting pulled in to something they think will be good for them, and when it turns out bad they do not have the power to leave, they are anchored by fear and the image of the person they loved before it got bad.

sad though...and i second the eunuch and permenant detention idea. (detention of course being chained to a wall)

[doc_bean]

I didn't wanna be the first to say it

That's what I'm here for

Of course she should... But apparently he was a convincing person, and also it is far from uncommon that women/girls don't dare fight back when raped...

This situation is totally different from being raped:

1) he didn't use violence
2) it lasted more than 5 minutes, about 10 years longer
3) he wasn't there all the time
....

This isn't about fighting, this is about fleeing. I can't believe any normal, rational human being, even at age 14 wouldn't attempt to escape.

This story is weird, everyone is already ready to lynch the guy, now I'm not saying he is without blame, or not in need of some serious psychological help, or deserving of jail, BUT the role of the girl is still unclear. She ran away from home at age 14, he never used force against her, she was allowed out alone, etc. She sure sounds like a helpless victim to me

I can only see two explanations here: either she was just plain stupid OR she was a willing 'victim' all along. Parts of the article certainly make me suspicious, her mentioning how prices have gone up is just too obvious, mention the rise of the religious right, the gay-marriage debate, another war in Iraq, the friggin' internet, digital television, cell phones, pretty much anything else. Imagine being in a coma for ten years and waking up in today's world, would you really be focused on the prices today ?????????????