Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Prevent Sexual Violence Sexual
Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is observed in April to highlight
sexual violence as a major public health problem and increase
public understanding about it. The effort can help us support
rape and sexual assault survivors and victims as well as their
families. One of the most vividly brutal rapes I have ever seen
portrayed on TV was The Sopranos, Employee of the Month (Episode
30, Season 3), when Dr. Jennifer Melfi is raped in the stairwell
of her office garage after work. Forget House, Scrubs and
definitely Grey's Anatomy, The Sopranos is my favorite medical
show. Medical problems are the undercurrent of almost every
episode. Dr. Melfi is given sensitive care in the Emergency
Department, and is able to identify her attacker, but justice is
denied her when evidence is mishandled. Recuperating from her
injuries and psychological scars, tensions erupt between her and
her husband. She dreams that her mob boss patient, Tony Soprano,
is a vicious Rott