Jesus Christ the mutants are trying to normalize pedophelia. Jesus fucking Christ! I despair, but damned if I wonโt fight this mindset tooth and nail!!
@FabulousLVNV Is it okay if it's girls?
@cathyshepherd unsure what you mean love, but no, not ok. Period.
@FabulousLVNV What I mean is if the claims were about Roy didling little boys there would be outrage all round.
Little girls it's somehow okay - like they are more virginy and it's somehow commendable to persue little girls. It is sick, sick.
Their is alot of back slapping in Roy's camp because they are all at it.
@cathyshepherd Yes. Thereโs even a double-standard when it comes to that. I hope this sentiment of outrage continues, because itโs been a dark, insidious part of our society for far too long. Enough!
@FabulousLVNV It has to end. Maybe being open will help. Not being ashamed of being the vicitm may help.
@cathyshepherd Yes, and I believe this latest wave of exposure from those who have been abused have helped others to find the courage to tell their stories. The amount of #MeToo...Well. No explanation needed, right?
@FabulousLVNV I think it is very uncommon NOT to find a #metoo story with women. It is pretty common to find a #metoo with men as well but there is so much more stigma associated with it. Children have a right to demand protection from society - so often they are failed.
@cathyshepherd my #metoo story- when I was 6 I was molested by an adult neighbor. He made me promise not to tell. Then I was scared I'd be in trouble for not telling. I had nightmares for years.
When I was 26 I was the surprise witness at his sentencing for molesting several little girls. His defense was that he had dementia and this was "new behavior". I got to look the bastard right in the eye and say "me too". He got the maximum sentence.
My nightmares stopped.
@RogueNana @cathyshepherd
His loss. Foolish man.
@RogueNana @carmahaz If he transfered the stigma onto you then the best place to be is as your ex.
Hell I'm proud of you and I don't know you.
@RogueNana @cathyshepherd @carmahaz Favorited for this line...
"He's my ex husband now."
You are a courageous woman who knows your worth... i give you a standing ovation and a heartfelt hug of support.
@mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell @carmahaz @cathyshepherd @RogueNana guys, yesterday morning I was driving to work thinking about my first job where the owner, an old Greek guy, put his hands all over me and took me out and showed me to his friends and asked them if he should take me back to Greece. When I was back washing dishes later that day, he rubbed against me. I walked home that night and never went back. I was 14.
I'm furious. There's more to this story.
@RogueNana @cathyshepherd @carmahaz @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell
When I was 12 my parents told me if wanted new clothes for school I had to buy them myself. Not that they couldn't, I had to learn the value of a dollar. My Nana didn't think it was fair so she "hired" me until I was 14 in the summers, working harvest and helping her. She saved me in many ways. However. At 14 I was sent to get the job by my parents.
Footnote: they still don't know. My sister didn't have to get a job til 16.
@Dmbanz @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell @carmahaz @RogueNana Well that is truly creepy.
Good on you for not putting up with that at 14. Nana knew the lay of the land better than Mum and Dad.
I only told my Dad some things that happened to me when I was a teenager only recently. He had no idea. I resented him for not knowing - even though there was no way he would.
I feel a lot better and we have a better relationship.
@cathyshepherd good for you and good for him!!!@RogueNana @carmahaz @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell
@mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell @carmahaz @cathyshepherd @RogueNana I actually stopped speaking too all of quite awhile ago for alot of reasons, this one I'm just now adding to the list. Another one was that my parents just willing married me off to a man that I had known since I was 13 and he was nearly 22 and had openly admitted an attraction to me since that age. We married 2 weeks after my high school graduation with my mother and sister there. I was barely 18 and he was 27.
@Dmbanz @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell @carmahaz @RogueNana Okay,
you need a break from them - and maybe forever.
I do not hold with trying to make it work just because they are family. Who makes that rule? I want to be around people I consider my friends - be it family or not. I must have been a horrible child - I always had the attitude that my parents did not own me.
Life is never all roses and chocolate cake. But we are adults for sooo long.
@Dmbanz @RogueNana @cathyshepherd @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell
It takes more than biology to be a parent. And way more than that to even be just a good enough parent. Iโm so sorry..
@carmahaz it's ok, mine just didn't figure out they didn't want until after I was born. I don't want them either, so its mutual.
@Dmbanz @RogueNana @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell @carmahaz
Well there is nothing wrong with that. At least you can build a real support network elsewhere.
I don't talk to my mother because she's too hard. My Dad and extended family are great. I have good good friends.
@Dmbanz @RogueNana @cathyshepherd @carmahaz @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell Yes, Still Resisting. Having to give up job after perv try to mess with you as a kid, is not fair to you. ๐ฒ So sorry he did that to you!
@Merchild choices, choices. You can dwell in life or move past it. I haven't really dwelt in it. Not that it hasn't happened over and over in my profession, but now I know the root.
@mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell @carmahaz @cathyshepherd @RogueNana
@Dmbanz @RogueNana @cathyshepherd @carmahaz @mama_bear_is_mad_as_hell AWH! You were a brave tween too! So proud of you that you walked away instead of putting up with that. Who knows what he could have done next!!! ๐ฒ Some move to threats & force. Still Resisting!!! ๐ Yes, even if we don't dwell, we must still resist again & again it seems. I had to quit jobs because of that stuff too. At first it's a shock, then you just have to get away! But it costs us unfairly.๐ค
@RogueNana @cathyshepherd @carmahaz That is sad that your ex had no courage to stand by your courage, but worried more about keeping up appearances for potential gossipers. You deserve unconditional love from your mate that does not abandon you to outside forces of evil, for you to face all that alone. You are so brave, because not even that threat of more loss could stop you from doing what was needed. His loss for sure! You inspire others to never give up! ๐ค
@carmahaz @cathyshepherd you know, looking back it was courageous. My husband who was the only one I'd told wouldn't go to court with me. He didn't want me to embarrass his family.
He's my ex husband now.