Rape is rape

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