With thanks for the courage and witness of the Rev. Marcia Mount Shoop, An Open Letter to Politicians about Rape, Jessica Valenti, Ending Rape Illiteracy, Soraya Chemaly, 50 Actual Facts About Rape, Julie Bishop Craig, What Men Don’t Know About Rape, and others, some reflections:
rape is
rape
rape is
control
domination
violation
exploitation
rape is
assault
crime
violence
abuse
rape is
denial of
personhood
humanity
God’s image
rape is
never legitimate
never deserved
never gray
never, never, never
rape is
rape
rape is
to be stopped
because
rape is
rape
Shire on the Hudson
27 October 2012
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