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Melinda

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15. sheshe, you're a lovely soul, thank you.

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:15 AM

Oct 2012

This world is filled with young girls just like I used to be; let's make sure we have their backs, that we protect their futures, that Roe stays law of the land, and the evil that is the GOP loses BIG this election season.

I slept poorly last night, and I dreaded opening this thread this morning. I am learning to let the shame go, I promise. Every word I type, every thought I share lays the wound(s) fresh again.... BUT I am going to be strong today, and I am going to participate in this thread. Today I am strong.

I appreciate your kind words of support.

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Hi! I’m a rapist. I’m one of those men who likes to force myself on women without their consent..... [View all] Melinda Oct 2012 OP

Thank you for sharing this, Melinda... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #1

Oh Peggy, this is one of the most difficult things I've ever done in my life... Melinda Oct 2012 #3

... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #4

Oh my God ismnotwasm Oct 2012 #24

Very powerful, very dark, and very courageous.. Permanut Oct 2012 #2

Thank you Permanut. I centered my life on my son, thinking that I could make something beautiful... Melinda Oct 2012 #5

... Permanut Oct 2012 #6

Oh Melinda sheshe2 Oct 2012 #7

sheshe, you're a lovely soul, thank you. Melinda Oct 2012 #15

So let's send the GOP back into the darkness where they belong! sheshe2 Oct 2012 #16

Thank you for posting this Melinda. Very powerful indeed. I admire and deeply respect your strength. anneboleyn Oct 2012 #28

Thank you for sharing. Behind the Aegis Oct 2012 #8

I struggled for years about sharing the circumstances of his conception with my son... Melinda Oct 2012 #17

wow. how incredibly powerful... powerfully sad, powerfully persuasive, powerfully real renate Oct 2012 #9

I've only recently become acquainted with John Scalzi's writings... Melinda Oct 2012 #18

I can't begin to understand how your experience affected you... bluesbassman Oct 2012 #10

It may sound perverse, in that I wish all men could understand how sexual violence Melinda Oct 2012 #21

No, not perverse. The world would be a much different place if more men understood. bluesbassman Oct 2012 #22

***tears*** Melinda Oct 2012 #23

I have often wondered... davidthegnome Oct 2012 #11

David, thank you. Melinda Nov 2012 #31

"I like to remind them how little control they have." Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #12

Thank you for sharing this azurnoir Oct 2012 #13

Thank you, azunoir. Melinda Nov 2012 #33

Wow, Melinda, it must have taken a lot of strength for you to write that. Zalatix Oct 2012 #14

I think I could be a case study for PTSD, Zalatix. Melinda Nov 2012 #34

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I really think the people who are trying to justify rape. Initech Oct 2012 #19

That's an interesting posit. Melinda Nov 2012 #35

Posted to BuzzFlash WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #20

Thank you for sharing Scalzi's writing, Will. You ensure a far greater viewing than I ever could. Melinda Nov 2012 #36

Reading that was like a punch to the chest. lilithsrevenge12 Oct 2012 #25

Thank you lilithsrevenge. Melinda Nov 2012 #37

A friend wondered if the R's were going for the rapists' vote duhneece Oct 2012 #26

Hi Melinda~~ DonRedwood Oct 2012 #27

To everyone who has replied to me so far... Melinda Oct 2012 #29

You are such a Lovely woman! Caretha Oct 2012 #30

Kicking, reccing, and re-posting on FB for my daughter lapislzi Nov 2012 #32