Women please vote
 

I've decided to post this thread because I think some people here don't realize that the issue of rape is serious and that many many women (and some men) are affected by it.

I'm asking the women who view this thread to vote honestly so that the men can realize that this is no joking matter.

Germaine Greer ( an Aussie feminist who now looks after ducks somewhere in England) says that women should not feel raped by rape . After all , what is rape ? Only a stiff ( and often not THAT stiff because of the booze) member in your vagina . Is your vagina YOU ? Yer bloody mind is stronger than that .

As a girl , Germaine Greer was raped in a car after a party by a person she knew . This is her way of being stronger than rape .

It may help some people who do not dare to say they have been raped .

Women deal with it , and get over it . THE RAPISTS GO TO PRISON .

AND THEY BELONG THERE

Everything can be serious and everything can be a joking matter. Often at the same time.

really? are you really saying that you think that i feel that rape is not a serious matter?

I'm not saying you think anything lumber. What I am trying to demonstrate with this thread is that there are many more women who are affected than you might think. Women you know through this forum even.

Women who might be just as affected by careless comments as I am.

No one would EVER be able to rape me .

Nothing should be off-limits when it comes to a joke.

But if in the terms of the law they did , they should go to prison for twenty years .

well, i know that there are. my prom date was raped. onyxcougar was raped horribly with a KNIFE! would it help you to tell us more about what happened to you? or would it be better to carry on with your life and not let it rule you? you are not a rape victim. unless you choose to be.

A huge percentage of rapes never even get reported let alone the perpetrators of the crime going to prison. That's a fact.

Have you been raped , Aliantha ?

I would never quote that dopey bitch Greer if I wanted to be taken seriously.

LJ - I agree with you, to a certain extent. You arent a victim unless you choose to be, but I believe that not everyone has the right kind of *makeup* to get past something like that.

That said, I dont know which *makeup* is the better one, because I personally believe to get past something like that....you lose something in doing so.

I have to say, "get past" really sounds trivial.
I moved-on & came to terms with being abducted and escaping as a child... getting past it? I don't know.
Discussing it in detail is still something I will not do.

I agree rkz. It (emotional/physical trauma) is not something that goes away just because you rationalize it, and it also becomes a part of who you are to some degree.