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In reply to the discussion: Rape more Common than Smoking in the US [View all]salin
(48,958 posts)I think that your thread responded to those that did, or to those posts on other treads that did.
You presented information that indicates that the problem hasn't changed in 30 years. It gave hard data to what survivors can only give as anecdotal.
I deeply appreciate this thread and the discussion. I just wanted to be clear that this doesn't help "healing." However, for many rape survivors, who form an informal underground of support for one another. Along with our healing - from the early days of grasping with surviving - we WISH to prevent this for others. It is a horrific-life altering experience that we want no others to experience. Your thread invites conversation that just maybe... might convince non participants that the conditions are just as bad today as they were one, two and three decades ago. But there are many more people who are willing to engage in the conversation.
You need offer no apologies. Your contribution is valid, important, and hopeful in that it might reach others and start many more offline discussions. I greatly appreciate what you have said, and how you have nurtured the thread into a true conversation.
That said. I have to get up to go to work in a few hours, and have a long week ahead of me. I think I need to sign off for a bit. But I want you to know before I do, that I appreciate this thread and your voice. Again - no apologies needed. You didn't set off triggers. Others set those off earlier. Your thread responded to those OPs and/or posts that set them off.
Peace and thank you.
salin