If you didn't know, I live across the river from Steubenville, Ohio.
*crickets*
Yep. If you thought everything regarding the rape trial was disgusting from where you are, imagine how I feel. When it's not local, some of the ugliness is muted. It's horrible, this whole situation. But being connected to the town, shopping there, eating there, having friends there - it is more in-your-face. And it's not just the ugliness of social media that pisses me off, it the local community as well. One lady that I craft with is obsessed about trying to figure out who this girl is. Who her parents are, etc. et al. It's gruesome the way some people relish the news. The way they discuss who it could be along with all of the gory detail that they have gleamed from others. The delight in their eyes when they know something you don't and inform whether you want to know or not.
But if it has taught me one thing, it is this. I will be a parent. I will be involved. And I will pray that I will raise my son with knowledge, with courtesy, with respect, knowing right from wrong and most of all, with the courage to stand up for himself, and stand up for others when they cannot.
Such a terrible story and one that resonates with many of us. We've all known someone who has been raped or been raped ourselves. You will be a great parent because you'll instill those values of respect toward women in your son.
ReplyDeleteI wrote about this today on my blog, too. Having a son really hits home. I sure hope I've done right.
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