"Why Didn’t She Run?": The Question That Tells on You
- Julie Hartling
- Jul 21, 2025
- 4 min read
Victim blaming, Epstein files, Trump hypocrisy
“Why didn’t she run?”
That question alone tells me everything I need to know about how detached some people are from the reality of sexual assault. It’s the go-to for those too privileged, too naive, or too damn self-righteous to imagine what it's like to be cornered, drugged, or trapped—physically, emotionally, or economically.
Let’s get something straight: Epstein’s island didn’t have an Uber. His mansion didn’t have an escape hatch. There was no “neighbourhood watch” on call.
Girls—children—were trafficked, groomed, and abused under the nose of wealth, power, and silence. Yet somehow, the default response from too many people, especially women, is: “I would never let that happen to me.” That’s not empowerment. That’s ego. And it's rooted in ignorance, not strength.

You want to talk about strength?
Let’s talk about what it takes to survive that kind of manipulation.
Oh and make sure that boys don't play girls sports because if a teenage boy can hurt a girl...uhhhh. Maybe if boys and girls played on the same teams they wouldn't think so lowly of the teenage girl. I could always play with boys. Who cares. They actually don't scratch and can control their body when they play sports better than girls sometimes. I got scratched and accidentally tripped while playing with girls, never with boys...maybe knocked down but I used to get knocekd down on my street as a kid, because we played togteher and we played hard, not with this protect the girl and make sure she runs BS. My high school basketball coach gave me the new body awarrd so I could play the whole game with a unbruised body. All I wanted was that ball and I would dive, flip you, and learned how to take the charge EVERYTIME! They would even call a travel while the girl tried to draw a foul but, I kept my legs firm, and bang...she got the charge or travel haha!
And still, that does not prepare you for the situation these girls have been in.
You think a 14-year-old girl is going to physically overpower a billionaire surrounded by bodyguards, NDAs, and accomplices—including other women trained to disarm and lure?
LIke Ghislane was/is.
Ask Blue Dragon, the organization in Vietnam that helps recover trafficked girls stolen and smuggled into China. Do you know who helps lure those girls away from their families? Other women. "Sisters" who pretend to care, who gain the family's trust. Then the girls disappear—sold to a market created by China's warped demographic policies. You want to ask those girls why they didn’t fight back?
In Canada, we had Karla Homolka. She helped her husband, Paul Bernardo, from St. Catharines, assault and murder teenage girls—including her own sister. I was a teenager in Brampton at the time, and the police were profiling blondes in white cars, trying to figure out where the terror was coming from. You want to know how it felt being pulled over again and again for looking like a victim or an accomplice, depending on the angle?
My boyfriend had light brown hair, and drove a white Mustang, hardly the Camaro Bernardo drove but it was white, the same colour, and we could have been them...that's what the police said. I have had a lot of practice being pulled over even before I drove. It's a breeze now.
Besides my father was an RCMP officer, so I know how police are...there are many good ones, this is not about them, they were doing their job and we really didn't mind. It was a lot though. More than 10 times pulled over just driving on the street. He was used to it with the Mustang also so, not the problem.
The problem is, people like Trump and Epstein. And the truth is, predators don’t just rely on brute force. They rely on complicity, on silence, on the delusion that “it couldn’t be me.” And that delusion is what keeps them safe.
Let’s not forget Donald Trump—the man who flipped Pizzagate into a punchline and played hero to the QAnon crowd, claiming Democrats were the real pedophiles. Then he shows up on Epstein’s flight logs and suddenly gets real quiet.
When asked if he’ll release Epstein’s client list, he first says yes… then backtracks with, “It could ruin people’s lives.” Right. And JFK’s files are somehow more urgent?
What lives are you protecting, exactly?
Your own? (Obviously)
No one under 30 even gives a damn about JFK anymore.
But they care about being trafficked.
They care about being believed.
They care about a justice system that works for everyone—not just the rich, the white, the male, and the well-connected.
So the next time someone asks, “Why didn’t she run?” maybe ask instead:
Why didn’t you listen?
Why didn’t you care?
Why are you so desperate to blame the girl instead of the grown-ass man with all the power?
Because deep down, maybe you know the answer.
And maybe it scares you.
Call to Action:
💥 If this blog hits home, share it. Speak up. Question the headlines. Demand the list. Epstein is dead—but the system that protected him is still alive and well. Let's end that.



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