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CW: rape, sexual/physical abuse (thread)
To exist as a woman, or queer person, in a religious tradition is to love something that often fails to love you back 💔 (1/)
To exist as a woman, or queer person, in a religious tradition is to love something that often fails to love you back 💔 (1/)
On my darkest days, It seems like an act of supreme self deception- loving the thing that hurts you because it’s easier than letting go
But on better days, I see it as an act of resistance- not only rejecting what’s unfair, but refusing to let it steal what is meaningful (2/)
But on better days, I see it as an act of resistance- not only rejecting what’s unfair, but refusing to let it steal what is meaningful (2/)
I can’t speak from experience, but I imagine that victims of sexual assault by religious figures experience something like this, only exponentially more so.
They have survived not only the injury of horrific physical and emotional violence, but the insult (3/)
They have survived not only the injury of horrific physical and emotional violence, but the insult (3/)
THE CHAREDI #METOO MOMENT: ANALYSIS
If you've been living under a rock, see a summary of the tragic events of this week in the thread attached. In this thread we'll try to understand what happened since and why they unfolded in the way they did. /1
If you've been living under a rock, see a summary of the tragic events of this week in the thread attached. In this thread we'll try to understand what happened since and why they unfolded in the way they did. /1
No community is immune from bad actors who will exploit the circumstances for their own harmful desires. But the way in which it happens in a given community is unique. In charedi society there are unique factors that shape how abuse happens and is dealt with. /2
Some of the relevant factors are: sexual taboo, concentrated power and trust in authority, the role of the press, "loshn hora", and the lens of sin. We'll look at each of these in more detail. But first some caution: /3
