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In reply to the discussion: ?- is there a woman here at DU who has not experienced sexual violence? [View all]a2liberal
(1,524 posts)178. I was responding to a post about
how men are victims but don't report even more so. My post was not intended to discredit the danger to women especially, and people in general, posed by Republicans and their current way of framing rape.
As to men's rights, I will refrain from delving into the subject in it's entirety but on the reproductive front I mostly agree with you (some minor exceptions that I won't get into here, PM me if you care)
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?- is there a woman here at DU who has not experienced sexual violence? [View all]
kpete
Aug 2012
OP
ditto. and it doesn't even have to be physically violent. being stalked as a child by a crazy
roguevalley
Aug 2012
#110
I haven't experienced sexual violence but my weeps for every female (and male) who has.
Hestia
Aug 2012
#145
Wow, you all are so lucky, started when I was just 1 with my uncle.
Dont call me Shirley
Aug 2012
#222
I was raped in my late teens, and never told anyone until many years later after I was married.
robinlynne
Aug 2012
#15
I hope you have managed to find some sort of peace for yourself, and I hope you are okay tonight
niyad
Aug 2012
#137
Thanks, I was just coming to delete after it looks like the thread was attracting some scorn.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#139
I'm one of the very lucky ones. But I have friends who have not been so lucky. . . . nt
ncgrits
Aug 2012
#11
I've never experienced sexual violence but I have experienced sexual harassment
XemaSab
Aug 2012
#16
wow. cause mine is the hint of aggression in any form, i walk. totally not accepted or allowed.
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#24
I'm one of the lucky ones but I am a regular rape crisis counselor and advocate
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#20
If you had no bruises, it wasn't sexual violence - that's what Akin would say
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2012
#26
wow, you have been here 5 minutes, and you start by insulting long-time members?
niyad
Aug 2012
#149
I honestly don't understand your point in this. The OP clearly acknowledges...
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#187
this is a pretty callous post in a thread with heartfelt posts. it is a shame you felt it necessary
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#143
i felt like the rhetorical question about males was the callous one, honestly
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#189
you are not wrong. not one man i talked to said he walks in RL with concerns of rape
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#198
Not me. Sex violence is too common, but it is not a universal experience among men or women. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2012
#221
I don't think I have ever met a woman who doesn't have a story of sexual violence.
cbayer
Aug 2012
#37
That's so sad. Thank God I've never experienced sexual violence of any kind...and I don't
Auntie Bush
Aug 2012
#80
I think the lack of discussion continues for women of your generation and that many
cbayer
Aug 2012
#82
i do not talk about it with my friends. never have. they do not talk to me about their experience
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#85
When I was about 10 yrs old a man stopped near a local park asked for directions...
hue
Aug 2012
#39
I have been very fortunate. I have never experienced sexual violence or domestic violence.
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2012
#50
Yeah, I wonder if there was some bad blood btw him and the DA for the DA to work w/her, nt
eilen
Aug 2012
#212
Back in the 80's all of the women I worked with were routinely sexually harrassed...
JenniferJuniper
Aug 2012
#76
I remember those days, and yup that's exactly what it was like. It was expected.
LiberalLoner
Aug 2012
#84
+1. everyone knows my stories already so I won't repeat them, but.....when I was a young child,
LiberalLoner
Aug 2012
#86
Thank you - I'm so sorry for what we've all been through, for how our society is :(
LiberalLoner
Aug 2012
#98
The world as a whole practices unbelievable misogyny. I even understood that as a young girl and
LiberalLoner
Aug 2012
#108
I'm absolutely shocked! I had no idea that rape and sexual assult was so pervasive.
Auntie Bush
Aug 2012
#92
I haven't. But I don't need to have to understand that sexual violence can come in many guises...
renie408
Aug 2012
#95
i cannot give a hug to every person on this thread, or every person who is reading and has
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#136
The well-connected are idolized, the rest left behind. So sorry you were betrayed by all.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#142
I am sorry that happened to you and I understand what it's like to avoid places.
MadrasT
Aug 2012
#219
I am 25 years old, but I have been fortunate to not go through molestation or rape
Lilyeye
Aug 2012
#152
No physical violence, more humiliation and harassment than I care to think about.
sarge43
Aug 2012
#157
I think that you are correct that most women have experienced some sort of sexual violence.
davsand
Aug 2012
#213
Been stalked twice; been nearly raped in my living room; boob/butt grabbed by strangers a
Nay
Aug 2012
#227