December 19, 2006
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A Few Words About Rape
Rape is one of the more heinous things a person can do to another person. Physical damage aside–and it can be quite considerable–the emotional scars last a lifetime–I may be wrong, never having been raped myself, but I have been emotionally abused, and I have carried the emotional scars from that for over half a century.
So why does rape happen? Simple. Because we choose for it to happen, just as we choose for wars and world hunger to happen. At the basis of these choices are a few false beliefs–such as that some of us are better than others, that we are not ALL One. We create our own reality by our thoughts, words, and deeds, and as a group, or species, we co-create many of the things that the ignorant and unevolved blame God for.
I can just hear some men saying–whoa–I don’t favor rape. Don’t blame me. Okay first of all, there is no blame going on here, but we all–all of us–are accountable for the dismal state of the world. So, you guys who say you never raped anyone, and do not approve ot if, think about this.
Rape can only exist in a world in which women are demeaned, devalued. Have you ever laughed at a blonde joke–or kept silent if you disapproved? Have you ever made sexist remark–or kept silent which such remarks were made in your hearing? If so, you are part of the problem.
Many years ago, Freud posed a famous question–”What do women want?” I would venture to suggest that women want, quite simply, to be treated like human beings.
Comments (7)
yep, that’s what we want ……thanks!
That is what we want! Thank you!
I have been raped. It is……….like they steal a part of your soul and you never get it back. Sex is never the same ofter. Men are never the same after. I still wake up and night some nights and see my boyfriend sleeping next to me and panic.
I am not the same and I never will be and I thank you so much for this post.
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Couldn’t have said it better myself. Good to see you update. (You know me under another name… my ex-boyfriend’s lunatic gf hacked into my xanga and e-mauk.)
Basically, yes.
A never-ending supply of chocolate that doesn’t make us fat but still tastes like heaven wouldn’t be bad, either…
You said on the phone that you had blogged about rape, but this is about so much more. As I’m sure you’ve been told before, you RAWK.
PS, the Xangazon search box is just as easy as ever to use, only now it goes faster. After I hit submit on this comment, I will see if I can troubleshoot it for you. Maybe your settings aren’t right… or, maybe, it is the library’s system causing your problems.
Very nice! And so true!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!