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In reply to the discussion: ?- is there a woman here at DU who has not experienced sexual violence? [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)to hear all the pain and sadness. I just don't understand why humans can be so selfish and ugly. I'm a man, middle aged, 3 kids, raised in a family of 5. It wasn't a perfect upbringing. My mother died and dad took care of us. We had no abuse, just a caring dad and the luck to never be put in an abusive situation. We were raised without religious teaching and all of us turned out to be atheists... so there goes the religious morality theory. We were taught to respect all humans beings, all living things and the planet, respect personal space and learn from everyone and everything. We were especially taught that we were no better and no worse than anyone else and to fight for freedom and human rights.
As an adult, it is very hard for me to even imagine the horrible things you all have experienced and I hope I can teach my kids to be gentle, understanding and respectful so to continue to break the cycle of human cruelty that so pervades the world.
My love to all of you.