Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0IF22022559; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:02:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:02:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <84.21dc3668.29799281@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1875] Re: the importance of our selection of terms X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 803 Lines: 20 Daphne, You certainly are provocative! Thanks. If I say "incest survivor," there is a certain pulling back in the person or people who I am talking to. You have to remember that all this divulging takes practice and a certain working up of dialogue that protects me and cushions what I say. Victim/survivor is what the culture gives us for language. I don't have to stay with this If I can find a new language, or create one. I used to be a school teacher and could talk easily on a number of school topics. A lawyer friend, very verbal all the time, was surprised when I said I could only speak when I was sure of my ground, had done much rehearsal. This is the reason your list is so important, I get lots of practice in reading and listening and reacting to other people. Andrea
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