Notes:
AND OF COURSE A PAIR OF HANDS IS JUST A SINGLE EXAMPLE.
FOR ALL RAPE VICTIMS, THERE ARE MANY, MANY STIMULI THAT, AFTER THE RAPE, ARE POTENTIAL TIME BOMBS THAT CAN SET OFF THE AMYGDALA.
SO, IF A RAPE VICTIM IS ON THE STAND, AND THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY MANOUVERS HIMSELF SO THAT SHE HAS TO LOOK AT THE DEFENDANT, IT SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IF SHE FREEZES, OR BECOMES SUDDENLY FEARFUL AND DISORGANIZED.
SHE ISN’T BEING WEAK, OR UNCOOPERATIVE, SHE IS SIMPLY REACTING THE WAY EVOLUTION HAS DEMANDED.
ONE LOOK AT THE DEFENDANT’S FACE, OR HANDS, AND SUDDENLY SHE IS EXPERIENCING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD NOW ALL BE EXPERIENCING IF SOMEONE WALKED INTO THIS ROOM AND BEGAN SHOOTING US ALL DOWN.