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 g0LN77n06959; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:07:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:07:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <115.b3bd9f0.297df7ca@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: KathleenBombach@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1883] Re: reactions to rape X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10021 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_115.b3bd9f0.297df7ca_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 2388 Lines: 43 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <<When I was working at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, we had to put together a curriculum on date rape. Whenever we had to refer to women who had been raped as a group, that's what we called them--women who have been raped. (As in "Women who have been raped often find themselves being stereotyped by well-meaning people.") On second reference, we just said something like "these women.>> I think you hit it exactly: women who have experienced violence may not choose to be defined by that violence as a 'victim' or a 'survivor'. Some may need to hold on to the definition for a while as they heal from the trauma. But I don't personally know anyone who wants to continue to define herself that way as her life moves on. Has anyone read Barbara Ehrenreich's article in having breast cancer? She talks about her experience of breast cancer and how she rejects much of what is associated with 'being a breast cancer survivor'. Kathleen Bombach
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