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Originally Posted by RWin
Even so, a person is not a car whether in a position of power or not.
Much of this conversation just shows how the victim is victimized again when coming forward.
It makes me afraid for my own kids.
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This! One of the hardest parts about coming forward is whether or not you will be believed. The insanity of it is that a victim can start questioning their own victimhood. That is the nature of these kinds of abuses. Abusers thrive by making their victims afraid to tell the truth and afraid that no one will believe them. They are told that they were complicit or that they enjoyed it. The shame that it causes is indescribable. It's toxic. It leads to addiction and suicide and lives wasted. You carry that shame in your bones and your very soul is contaminated by it. That cloak of shame is being lifted and we as a society will be the better for it.