tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post2352817377073732052..comments2023-11-18T09:28:47.732-08:00Comments on Living here now: #whyididntreportDenise Emanuel Clemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-164016657347117372018-09-23T13:41:10.098-07:002018-09-23T13:41:10.098-07:00I wish every man alive could read this post. I wis...I wish every man alive could read this post. I wish those assholes in Congress could read this. Of course we remember. I am sorry this happened to you. To any of us. Thank you for writing this. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-23479006447723500192018-09-23T07:16:20.930-07:002018-09-23T07:16:20.930-07:00The boys will be boys is bullshit, rape is not abo...The boys will be boys is bullshit, rape is not about sex, it’s about power, power to do as you please and power to ignore the rights of others. Rape is not about young people experimenting with sex, it’s about doing as you please because you think you have that right.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-44070746814575488882018-09-22T17:22:11.450-07:002018-09-22T17:22:11.450-07:00I think the answer to this is so very simple. And ...I think the answer to this is so very simple. And yet at the same time, the hardest thing in the world. <br />We have to speak up. EVERY TIME. We have to report. EVERY TIME. We have to make sure that the guy knows without a shadow of a doubt that we do remember, even if we don't remember details, and that we will not just get on with life and forget about it. <br />I say "we." <br />We are older. These things do not happen to us now with such regularity. So we must tell our daughters, our young friends, our grandchildren the truth. The truths. We must bear witness and we must be the support, the backbone, the moral fiber, the granny witch, the voice of authority, the love made of steel to help them to say NO or to report and tell and not be afraid or ashamed if no is not an option. <br />That's what I think. <br />I am sorry these things happened to you. <br />I am sorry they happened to us all. Just because we have all been strong enough to bear it doesn't mean it's okay in any way. <br />Whatever we can do to stop it is what we have to do. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com