Bristol Palin Claims Virginity Was "Stolen"

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

If she was really date-raped by Levi, why would she wait until now to disclose it, when her book is conveniently coming out? Not only did they get engaged, they GOT BACK TOGETHER afterwards. Levi Johnston, while hot and dumb, is probably a douchebag. But a virginity stealer? I feel like this plays right into their constant playing the victim as well as a convenient repackaging of Bristol's narrative.

This is why I can't pass judgement either way, though. I stayed together with mine, for almost a year, and continued a sexual relationship with him. I did not acknowledge what happened to me until a few years later.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by agzg

This is why I can't pass judgement either way, though. I stayed together with mine, for almost a year, and continued a sexual relationship with him. I did not acknowledge what happened to me until a few years later.

I'm sorry you experienced that.

While I understand that things happen--both date rape and the less-than-ideal loss of virginity, I'm just a little skeptical about the source and the timing. Bristol has gone back and forth so much on the topic of abstinence, for one example, that it makes me think she's a puppet for her mother and her mother's handlers. The narrative that they're trying to create--that Bristol was not a willing participant in her sexuality--fits right in with the idea that abstinence is best.

If she had come forward with this years from now, it would be far more believable. But the fact that she's saying this in timing with her book?