No Pity. No Shame. No Silence.
Aug. 3rd, 2004 03:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
perlmongerI'm linking (for the second time; see my previous post ;) to this message about breaking the silence of sexual abuse from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
misia that I found via ixwin's LJ. It's all over LiveJournal now, no doubt, but no apologies for adding to the linkage.
I've not personally been sexually abused (emotionally and physically are another matter entirely), but most of the women I have known well enough to perceive or be told of their experience, over the 46 years of my life, are survivors.
We live in a society predicated upon rape; silence and acquiescence collude in and reinforce that. Finding the strength to speak our pain and loss takes great courage, and should invite love, understanding and support - not disbelief, dismissal and more abuse.
No Pity. No Shame. No Silence.
misia that I found via ixwin's LJ. It's all over LiveJournal now, no doubt, but no apologies for adding to the linkage.I've not personally been sexually abused (emotionally and physically are another matter entirely), but most of the women I have known well enough to perceive or be told of their experience, over the 46 years of my life, are survivors.
We live in a society predicated upon rape; silence and acquiescence collude in and reinforce that. Finding the strength to speak our pain and loss takes great courage, and should invite love, understanding and support - not disbelief, dismissal and more abuse.
No Pity. No Shame. No Silence.