![]() ![]() The case exposed entrenched misogyny in the boarding school and affirmed the community’s unwillingness to confront its toxic campus culture. A criminal trial revealed that the perpetrator had targeted her months earlier as part of an archaic school tradition called the “Senior Salute,” in which graduating boys competed to hookup with, or “slay,” as many freshmen girls as possible. Paul’s School in New Hampshire when a senior boy sexual assaulted her on campus. In the spring of 2014, Prout was finishing her first year of high school at the prestigious St. Reflecting on the time that’s past since, she shared, “I’ve gone from a place of fear and anger, to a place of strength and anger.” I’m just so grateful to be here and be able to see the people that gave me the strength to know how to speak up.” The homecoming marked the first time Prout had addressed the community at her childhood school since an assault at the age of 15 dramatically altered the course of her life. ![]() “ This is my beginning here and I’m just wondering,” her voice breaking, “how that little girl… never think that this would be my life now coming back. “Right now my mind is spinning just being here and being overwhelmed with being here,” she said at one point during her talk at the Hiroo campus in May. Addressing a packed audience of students, parents, former teachers and family friends, she sat in front of a projected collage of childhood photos, collected memories of an upbringing in the Tokyo international community. Prout (left) and Abelson present their book at Miyashiro HallĬhessy Prout took the stage at the International School of the Sacred Heart (ISSH). Paul’s School sexual assault survivor brings her story home ![]()
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