(link to the short version) “If people who dare to speak about sexual abuse are attacked by those whom they have relied on and trusted, is it any wonder that unawareness and silence are so common?” “Survivors of childhood sexual abuse and betrayal trauma have learned to cope by being disconnected internally so as to…
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Instructions for Dehumanization
Instructions for Dehumanization—or—When Do We Protect Innocent Lives? by Barbara Rogers What is an innocent human life? When and why do people speak up for innocent human beings? Dr. James Dobson, founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family, has said that “the judges who would not stop the removal of Ms. Schiavo’s…
The Futility of Punishment
or The Buddha as Symbol of Death Thoughts about Kim Ki-Duk’s movie “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. . . and Spring” Exquisite images of breathtakingly beautiful nature are the backdrop to a haunting story of human suffering and failed lives. On the surface, it seems that we are watching the initiation of a monk and an…
Lies
she says—I mean well—and beats her child her eyes speak a different language—of hate and bitterness misery and pain—despair and revenge the mother says—I mean well but pain penetrates the body of the girl—then the soul she cries out I mean well—her mother repeats the girl screams—then why are you hurting me? I love you…
Outrage over a Handcuffed Child
Let the Outrage over a Handcuffed Child Grow towards the Protection of Children from Corporal Punishment by Barbara Rogers A cry of outrage spread through news channels today because the police handcuffed and arrested a 5-year-old girl. Her mother had complained before at the girl’s school about the particular teacher, who caused the incident by…
My anger is my lover
my anger is my lover—my anger knows the truth my anger remembered the incest that plunged the sixteen-year-old into a morass of confusion, anxiety, despair I had to hide the truth from myself because the small child had felt safe with a father who never beat her she could not bear the truth her father…
The Myth of Forgiveness
The Myth of Forgiveness translation of “Mythos der Vergebung“ by netzwerkB Again and again, the keyword “forgive the perpetrator” appears in connection with the processing and healing of traumatic childhood experiences. It is time to put away with different myths, which are entwined around it. 1. Myth Forgiveness/reconciliation with the perpetrator would have a healing…