1/ Venting time
I don't have Reddit, so bear with my AITA bit.
About 7 months ago someone (read my father) said something horrible to me about getting tf over my rape trauma and victim blaming me for it. My PTSD spiked, and hours later I was in the hospital getting my stomach
2/ pumped. He still has not made the least effort to apologize for his words.
I am a total empath so I usually forgive without apologies, because it feels like I am hurting them if I don't, which in turn hurts me. But this was too much. This I cannot forgive. I almost died.....
3/ So I stopped speaking to him. Not a single word for 7 months (in a single household that gets tense). The rest of my family thinks IATA because I should just let it go. I don't think a simple apology is too much for nearly killing me, but they disagree, because he just doesn't
4/ do apologies.
I know I am not TA, but everyone being cold and snappy at me for this is not exactly good for my mental health. I just feel so incredibly tired. And I want to leave so bad, but leaving cost money, so I am stuck.
5/ Vent over. Thanks for listening, here's a kitten.
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In Namibia abortion is illegal, you face about 5 years in prison for just having misoprostol on you.
There is an exception for rape.
Here is why rape exceptions are absolutely useless to most victims because it is completely unattainable:
2/ To obtain such an exception; you need the following:
- The permission of at least 2 doctors who will confirm it was rape (rape kit is a must), and will perform the procedure.
- Permission from a psychiatrist to confirm you are sound of mind, but also suffering rape trauma.
3/ - A complete police report detailing your case and its proceedings.
- A letter of permission from a judge/magistrate saying the case is real and court hearings are likely going to end in a conviction.
1) If it was not for feminism, I would not have the right to vote, to work, to get an education, to have property or a bank account or even to wear pants.
Marital rape was legal until 1979. Feminists changed that. They fought for women’s right to say no.
2) These rights were not freely given to us by those who stole it in the first place. Hundreds of women were imprisoned, tortured to death, raped, and force fed, while fighting for female emancipation (see the gruesome history of the suffragettes).
3) Sexual assault and rape was employed to silence and humiliate the women speaking out.
But we did not stay silent. And we will not stay silent. Sexism, misogyny, and rape culture is still rampant throughout the world.