tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559557015763675662.post2514603534462036127..comments2023-10-28T04:02:00.336-07:00Comments on Every Day Is a Miracle: The misuse and abuse of terror words to describe far-less serious issuesMarie GGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03020201739294303431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559557015763675662.post-39781895788642280882011-05-09T09:43:15.900-07:002011-05-09T09:43:15.900-07:00Excellent point, Tori. I completely understand and...Excellent point, Tori. I completely understand and can relate to what you are saying. I'm sorry you had to experience that (both the real rape and the PTSD rape).Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604805225366129402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559557015763675662.post-2503733532487063862011-05-08T21:14:55.744-07:002011-05-08T21:14:55.744-07:00Just quickly on the "gate rape" issue (a...Just quickly on the "gate rape" issue (and I apologize that this is going to come out muddled):<br /><br />I've been raped and I've been sexually assaulted in acts that qualify as the latter but not as the former. I have PTSD from both. I traveled in December 2010 - and while I wouldn't use the term 'gate rape' (and 'gate assault' is just not so snazzy) -- I definitely felt violated and assaulted by the combo body scan and pat-down I underwent. I was triggered, and it was Not Cool. <br /><br />I 100% do not support anyone who appropriates the term 'gate rape' -- or who appropriates "rape" in general -- for political purposes. But I also would not judge any sexual assault survivor who claimed their TSA experience caused them to relive their assault. Rape survivors are everywhere, true and statistically -- but this also means they may be the ones using the term because that is what it authentically feels like to them. (For the record, it authentically felt like I <i>must</i> submit to an invasive pat-down in order not to waste $800 and not to be stranded in an airport indefinitely. Scary and ungood.)Torihttp://anytimeyoga.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com