Hi! I知 a rapist. I知 one of those men who likes to force myself on women without their consent.....

[davidthegnome]

11. I have often wondered...

How best to define the word "Evil". I would have to say that it adequately describes sex offenders, whether they rape grown adults or prey upon children. The politicians (mostly conservative) who think that evil has anything to do with demonic powers or devils are severely naive or deliberately misleading.

I know how much courage it takes to share your story - I have my own that I have shared. I won't go into detail except to say that I was a victim as a very small child.

Nothing that has happened is in any way your fault. I applaud your bravery in raising your child despite the circumstances of his birth. It's not a decision that should be forced upon anyone - and I don't much care about the will of some fictional God. You have faced your circumstances with amazing fortitude and unbelievable courage and strength.

One of the sexual predator's greatest tools is to use our own feelings of inadequacy and self doubt against us. There is often suggestion that it is somehow our fault, that we are dirty for participating in what they want us to do (or we wouldn't do it). These people should not be classified as people. They are the true demons of the modern world.

I know how hard it is to overcome self loathing, the guilt, the fear, the shame. However you may often feel about yourself, you are a strong, courageous person and you have survived trauma the likes of which no one should ever have to suffer.

Conservative politicians... particularly those of Akin's ilk, are enabling some of the greatest crimes possible against humanity. I can only believe that those like him are few and far between, that most of us have some notion of empathy and compassion. The idea that a loving God would force anyone to carry a child to term that they did not want, or were pregnant with as a result of rape... it is sick and bizarre. Right wing religious philosophy is one of the most despicable things imaginable in both it's ignorance and it's deliberate callous cruelty.

While my circumstances are different from yours, I feel a kinship with anyone who has suffered from sexual assault. So, permit me to say that you are not alone - and that it is those like you that often give me courage that I can keep going. Thank you for sharing your story. I admire you.