I am a 35 year old woman living in America. I am a survivor of incest and child sexual abuse at the hands of a babysitter when I was less than five years old (she said “let’s play a game”), my brother when I was 8 (he played the same game, because that same babysitter did the same shit to him), and my father when I was 15 (it wasn’t a game – he wanted a wife).
I am now married, and I have a beautiful sweet son.
I am writing this blog because I am alive, and many other survivors didn’t make it. This is why you shouldn’t fuck kids.
*A note about the word “fuck”. It’s a word that is not acceptable in mixed company. It’s a word that people use in their homes when ‘outsiders’ cannot hear. This is what happens to child victims of sexual abuse. It happens in secret where no one is supposed to know about it, just like the use of the word ‘fuck’. You can choose to get upset about the wording or you can decide to get upset about the action that is causing me to use the word.
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How did you decide on the butterfly profile?
Comment by Sandra September 12, 2008 @ 12:46 amCurious about your creative process…
Hi Sandra,
A butterfly is a creature that spends part of its life locked up in a protective cocoon. When it is finished protecting itself from the world, and forming itself to be its best self, it shows itself to the world, and it is a beautiful butterfly.
I believe that survivors of child sexual abuse (and all the other forms of abuse) are like butterflies. When they are surviving the abuse, they have to protect themselves in their own self-made cocoon in order to survive. I hope that all survivors become butterflies, and find the strength to show their beautiful selves to the world too. And then I hope that the next generation never has to become a butterfly, because I hope that this never happens to another child again.
– Butterfly
Comment by butterflysblog September 12, 2008 @ 12:15 pmI love your site. Keep it up !
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