TRIGGER WARNING…this is an amazing piece. As I have grown older, I have learned that nearly every woman I know has a story or stories like these. When someone recently asked me if, when I ever have children, I would prefer a boy or a girl, I cringed at the idea of bringing a daughter into this world. Odds are that someone will violate her, and she will face the decision: react and become a victim, or dont, and remain a non-victim—which is … what? There isnt a term for a non-victim, because thats just a person. Just a person is what we want to be. In order to avoid victimhood and maintain simple, victimless personhood, women can be extraordinarily, stunningly rational; we can rationalize away acts of violation simply because we dont want them to have been real. Perhaps if I decide it didnt happen, it didnt; perhaps if I decide it doesnt matter to me, it doesnt. But other times, victimhood is thrust upon us. #UniteAgainstRape
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 23:43:26 +0000
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