On Roman Polanski

[book_people]

I have not said anything about the RP case because, as one of the women in the world who has the privilege of saying that I have never been sexually abused, I often do not feel that I have the experience to offer anything to the discussion. I have, however, been verbally and physically abused , and I have finally had enough of people who claim that

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[jade_wynds]

About the "moving on" sentiment. I always understood it to mean that if the victim is allowing the event to dominate their lives or thoughts to the extent that it cripples them, they should put effort into dealing with it and, in a sense, moving on from it. Not at all that they are troubling the people around them.

That being said, you clearly have more experience with this than I do, and I WILL KICK ALL THEIR ASSES. How dare they judge you? What the flying FUCK is wrong with them? I'm absolutely speechless. Who told you to stop talking about it? Just give me a name. I am totally serious about this. If I know this person and have a way of accessing them

[book_people]

Often, the sentiment of "moving on" is not that the victim is allowing it to cripple them, but that it is affecting the victim at all. People seem to think that abuse should be a non-issue as soon as it is over. It may be a difficult-to-understand distinction. To be perfectly honest, I am glad you don't really know what I'm talking about here, because it means you've never experienced it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone