Thank you for your comments Mary, and for sharing the story of your grandmother. She sounds like an incredibly strong and brave woman. Overcoming a traumatic and brutal attack isn't easy to do by any stretch of the imagination.
I agree with you that for far too long victims have been blaming themselves and it's time to change that societal perception and put the blame where it belongs, on the attacker. Until society can talk openly and honestly about rape and sexual abuse, victims, like your grandmother, will continue to feel shame and guilt they neither need or deserve. Let's hope we are helping to spur that conversation.
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Thank you for your comments Mary, and for sharing the story of your grandmother. She sounds like an incredibly strong and brave woman. Overcoming a traumatic and brutal attack isn't easy to do by any stretch of the imagination.
I agree with you that for far too long victims have been blaming themselves and it's time to change that societal perception and put the blame where it belongs, on the attacker. Until society can talk openly and honestly about rape and sexual abuse, victims, like your grandmother, will continue to feel shame and guilt they neither need or deserve. Let's hope we are helping to spur that conversation.
September 11, 2012 - 8:52amThis Comment
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