Post #1755743

#epstein #giselepelicot #metoo people are still saying things like "I'm so shocked or " this changes my worldview," or" i would never have guessed". And that makes me angry. Abuse, rape and assault are the darkness in all our lives. They are crimes as common as shoplifting. Few women can say of themselves that they have never experienced any case of verbal or physical sexual assault. If any. About a third of us have experienced more serious forms of violence like rape or grave physical assault. It's deeply ingrained in our culture. It's everyday experience. A third. That means if not you, than either your sister or your mum. The trauma is there. Spoken or unspoken. How can anyone not know. How can anyone not see. How can anyone not be aware. This "surprise" tells the whole story of why victims stay silent. Why they are not being believed. why it is possible for this to go on. Why it is so easy for perpetrators and so hard for victims. The perpetrator asks nothing of you, only that you keep being ignorant. The victim asks everything of you. That you process this world of horror that shakes the ground under your feet and that exists in plain sight. And that is the world you have lived in all along.That is you rmums world. Your sisters world. Ours.