Anne Marie's Spiritual, Practical Blog

My sense is he has a split in his emotional development. That is, he trained himself to be logical and focused on the legal intent of the law. He has focused on achievement through his intellect. However, it appears his emotional maturity has been stunted, thus the nation witnessed a thirteen-year-old emotional response to questions. Personally, I think this hearing had little to do with Bret K. I think it was a vehicle for women to rise up and voice their own trauma about sexual aggression. This hearing reminded women of their own stories. Personally, I like to see men begin to talk about their own sexual abuse stories. The boys that were molested by the mothers, sisters, cousins, teachers, family friends and neighbors. It is particularly difficult for men because instinctively they are protectors. If the statistics are true, 1 in 4 females and 1 in 7 males are sexual abused than we are surrounded by people that have suffered sexual emotional trauma. Many have this sexual trauma in a dusty file marked top secret, never to be acknowledged. Some people continued this behavior because it is how they were raised, and it is familiar pattern of life. My hope is men start talking about these hidden truths. My goal is as human beings we can love and support each other as we all heal our wounds. This is not a male or female issue, this is not a political issue rather it is a human issue about the sacredness of our sexuality.