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Old 11-24-2013, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by michelej1 View Post
If you don't believe her, I think it's hard to feel sympathy. If you do believe her that's a different story.

I would say if you believe what she says and still feel disgust or hatred, then that's a problem with our "blame the victim" society.

Michele
yes, i think that's what one has to be very careful about, when talking about this book. many arguments i read on here were along the lines "she must have not been blameless" if it happened. blameless or not, it does not justify the abuse, period.
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