"Being open" is not how women (here) addressed the pretense of the "stigma" of rape. Women refuted it, forced us to address the real issues, the crime, violence, assault, the criminal. They forced us to end our assocation of that term, sadly only in that one regard. Where women are not empowered, the pretense is maintained.
Pretending any "stigma" harms (it has no other intention.) Internalizing any harms, Passing any along harms.
Who has the will to stop, stops. Sometimes it is difficult to muster that will, espeically in the face of so many cultural instrucitons to continue. But we can stop. We did it before, we can do it again.
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"Being open" is not how women (here) addressed the pretense of the "stigma" of rape. Women refuted it, forced us to address the real issues, the crime, violence, assault, the criminal. They forced us to end our assocation of that term, sadly only in that one regard. Where women are not empowered, the pretense is maintained.
Pretending any "stigma" harms (it has no other intention.) Internalizing any harms, Passing any along harms.
Who has the will to stop, stops. Sometimes it is difficult to muster that will, espeically in the face of so many cultural instrucitons to continue. But we can stop. We did it before, we can do it again.
May 20, 2010 - 11:30amThis Comment
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