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LiberalLoner

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1. It never stops horrifying me when I find out how common this is.

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 11:26 AM

Oct 2012

The thing that scares me too is with the return of the whole patriarchy movement, this is considered one of the privileges of patriarchy, by many. That is why the mother didn't protect the daughter. That is why the mother would never consider her daughter's wishes regarding the outcome of pregnancy. In these deeply patriarchal societies or micro-slices of societies, women truly do not matter. Only the wishes and well-being of men matter. And the women are there only to serve the patriarch in any way possible, and it does not matter what kind of harm, up to and including death, befalls the woman.

I grew up in a family that thought that way. It is deeply ugly and crazy-making. When I read stories like this I become psychotically enraged. I imagine I am not the only one.

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At 14, it was no �Gift from God�, Trust Me [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 OP

It never stops horrifying me when I find out how common this is. LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #1

You are NOT THE ONLY ONE... there is only one way to deal with men like this. Raster Oct 2012 #4

Excellent! nt N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author hootinholler Oct 2012 #28

Yes I am, but only in a theoretical sense. Men - and it is ALWAYS men - who abuse and hurt need... Raster Oct 2012 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author hootinholler Oct 2012 #33

Seriously, please point out the last time you read about an evil, vile woman, raping and.... Raster Oct 2012 #34

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #54

Me, neither. 25 years ago, a friend told me she had been raised in a horrific household; she and Nay Oct 2012 #19

Rec for visibility - TBF Oct 2012 #2

+1 ffr Oct 2012 #7

There are not enough words... BanzaiBonnie Oct 2012 #3

Okay, I saw enough RED BanzaiBonnie Oct 2012 #5

Trust me, there are plenty of us who had this, or something a lot like this, happen to us. LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #8

You are so not alone beachgirl2365 Oct 2012 #10

Thank you, Beachgirl. It helps when all of us break the silence and say "we are here." LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #26

"I never thought I'd become a single issue voter. But you have to be this year." Drale Oct 2012 #6

Well said, thank you! JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #32

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2012 #9

Dearest brave woman you have my deepest sympathies and I so admire your courage to talk about this kimbutgar Oct 2012 #11

So sorry you suffered at the hands of all those men, especially LibGranny Oct 2012 #12

Thank you for posting this solara Oct 2012 #13

How anyone could say that any part of an experience like rape could be a gift from god AlbertCat Oct 2012 #18

That is a chilling story Bluzmann57 Oct 2012 #14

Castrated with a dull, rusty knife with no anesthetic. No antibiotics. Raster Oct 2012 #30

A Lorena Bobbitt for sure Dont call me Shirley Oct 2012 #37

Lorena For President! deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #55

If life is a gift from god... AlbertCat Oct 2012 #16

This makes me wish there was a Hell for people like this. progressoid Oct 2012 #17

I' m so sorry dear. Thank you for speaking out. mahina Oct 2012 #20

k and r Berlum Oct 2012 #21

K & R SoapBox Oct 2012 #22

Awful, but it's good that these frogmarch Oct 2012 #23

This is a great video, and it is very triggering but absolutely worth watching anyway. LiberalLoner Oct 2012 #27

Ryan and Akin's attempt to change the definition of rape to "forcible rape" was to... Spazito Oct 2012 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Oct 2012 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author MadDash Oct 2012 #25

This world would be a lot happier without people bringing God into every f-ing situation. AAO Oct 2012 #29

44% of rape victims are under 18; 15% are under 12. Rapists pick on the vulnerable; so do Repukes. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #36

Survivors we are! Survivors of too much abuse and rape. Keep speaking up! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2012 #38

I conceived and gave birth to a child grr8wine Oct 2012 #39

Known too many people neffernin Oct 2012 #40

Thank you for sharing Prophet 451 Oct 2012 #41

i am so sorry you had to grow up in that environment Delmette Oct 2012 #42

Ahh for fucks sake, these stories enrage me. a la izquierda Oct 2012 #43

Bless you randr Oct 2012 #44

It pains me to hear gift of God and rape in the same paragraph. Thinkingabout Oct 2012 #45

The poster femrap Oct 2012 #46

I wish this lady would send this clydefrand Oct 2012 #47

But he's already "struggled" with it and has made his decision. You don't get to refuse the gift his Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #50

By all that is good and decent, Heathen57 Oct 2012 #48

You have my empathy. HCE SuiGeneris Oct 2012 #49

This same thing happend to my friend and her whole family MFM008 Oct 2012 #51

So horrifying, I can hardly bear it klook Oct 2012 #52

This made me very sad... GTurck Oct 2012 #53

Oh My God, Awful Shuhered Oct 2012 #56

I think every Puke who says stupid shit about rape should be assumed to be rapists... Odin2005 Oct 2012 #57