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I had planned to come in here today and write about my weekend, and the ongoing search for an affordable photographer (the one who did my stepsister�s photos has raised his price on their package from two thousand five hundred dollars to seven thousand dollars. WAY out of my league!).
I�d planned to maybe tell about how the Boyfriend and I briefly considered just flying off to Vegas and getting married by an Elvis impersonator instead of dealing with the endless (and endlessly expensive) wedding crap we�re adding to the list.
I wanted to talk about the picnic, and how after all the craziness that led up to it and the many hours I spent considering how to abdicate from the committee, I actually had a good time at the event.
But instead, I�m back on the subject of rape.
Today, in my sitemeter, I found a collection of referrals from a message board on the Hissyfit pages. The board is discussing proper punishment for rapists. Someone posted a comment on there about how serial rapists, as opposed to date rapists, deserve heftier sentences. Lots of distinctions were made between �date� rapists and �real� rapists.
This frightens me.
Not too long ago, I was questioning why I set out to train with BARCC. Why I thought I could ever possibly make a difference. Why it mattered what I did.
I guess I should thank Hissyfit for reminding me why.
Mind you, as I said in my post over there, I don�t think the posters are stupid. I don�t think they�re bigoted. I don�t think they�re trying to be offensive.
I�m just reminded, once again, of how woefully undereducated people are.
My whole stream of concentration is shot now. I�m angry.
Not angry with them. Angry at the world we live in, where the average person believes a �date rapist� is somehow better than a �real rapist.�
Try telling a date rape survivor that the crime committed against her isn�t as bad as the one committed against her neighbor.
Then duck. Because if she comes out swinging, you can�t say I didn�t warn you.
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