tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post7045070955967512052..comments2024-03-28T04:19:46.645-05:00Comments on <center>Becoming SuperMommy</center>: One in ThreeBecoming Supermommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04590343072778694123noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-25103693245388222722012-08-24T14:09:46.823-05:002012-08-24T14:09:46.823-05:00When I was reading literature regarding the future...When I was reading literature regarding the future life of our sponsored child in El Salvador, and one in Africa, it shocked me to learn that little girls are actually raised to ! it's not a matter of if, but when; and how often. which for many of them is weekly because they collect water and firewood for their families....and the rapists wait. everyone knows. the girls know it will happen. their family knows it will happen. the rapists know they will come anyway. No one does anything to stop or change it. it's just life.<br /><br />Thus, it's no wonder that without our sponsorship which provides those essentials so she doesn't have to go out alone.....by the time she is 13, or even younger, she'd be working in the sex industry. doing what's already been done to her for years, so what's the difference? <br />so incredibly sad. it breaks my heart. I want to sponsor them all. How did we allow the world to become so vile and full of shades of grey? LA Botcharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045857399816360885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-25295662838767622112012-08-24T04:23:16.584-05:002012-08-24T04:23:16.584-05:00A powerful post. 1 in 3 what a shocking stat :(A powerful post. 1 in 3 what a shocking stat :(Miss Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068292006378187232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-57475130728066526662012-08-23T21:27:48.407-05:002012-08-23T21:27:48.407-05:00I can't read the comments on articles like tha...I can't read the comments on articles like that. People get really brave when they are hiding behind their screens. <br /><br />It's so frightening to think of this happening to 1 in 3 women. Frightening that it happens at all, but those stats... Ugh. Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811697675090627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-12776527523780746522012-08-23T15:33:41.464-05:002012-08-23T15:33:41.464-05:00Thank you for sharing, Lea. No woman should have ...Thank you for sharing, Lea. No woman should have to be a rape victim. Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18103887975982226575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989017208846872303.post-8377634837992988272012-08-23T05:11:35.996-05:002012-08-23T05:11:35.996-05:00Great post, I couldn't agree with you more. I&...Great post, I couldn't agree with you more. I'm from Belgium and mr Atkin's crazy statement was in our news as well. I was totally shocked and disgusted by it. Only a man would say such a rediculous thing. How on earth could your body prevent you from getting pregnant just because it's rape. And the 'legitimate rape' wording made me even angrier. It's bad enough that so many people think a woman had it coming just because she's out on the town drinking and flirting with a guy, who then gets worked up and ends up raping the girl because she didn't give him what he thought he would get. Women shouldn't have to be afraid that men might get overexcited and be unable to restrain their 'urges'. <br />Men aren't animals. Women shouldn't be blamed for behaving or dressing 'too sexy'. <br /><br />It's awful that women just get blamed. Even women often have the tendancy to look at what the victim 'did wrong' to cause that reaction. <br />I was violated by a guy I met online and met up with. He seemed great, we flirted, I was barely 16 and excited to meet him. He couldn't keep his hands off me the whole time, did things to me that I didn't want to but I was so shocked and scared that I didn't say no. Luckily it didn't go as far as rape, but being touched and groped and being forced to endure sexual actions is just as bad. I was crying and completely frozen, but when I told some friends later on they stated that I should have just said no or told him to f*** off and leave me alone. At that age it was hard for them to understand I guess, they wouldn't react like that now. But the fact that my friends kinda put the blame on me was even worse than what had happened. So hearing guys in politics make such rediculous statements makes me so very angry.<br />Rape is thought of too lightly as it is already.Little redheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603939365786814700noreply@blogger.com