Analyse why do you think most victims do not report gender based violence?
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There are many reasons for why most victims do not report gender based violence. One of them is that they are afraid of their offender finding out that they reported their crime and now the offender might come back to harm them, in a much worse way than before. Another reason is that the victim might be ashamed of publically calling attention to the fact that they became victimized for gender based violence. They may feel a sense of shame that comes with admitting to such acts that happened to them. Lastly, they may not come forward due to their painful experience. They might not want to relive through that horrible pain by bringing it up in public and for the police, etc.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.