Reply #238: As I stated, I support Victims' choices about THEIR pictures [View All]

Family, friends and countrymen are not in those pictures. If they are, then I support whatever their choice is about the pictures they are in not anyone Else's.

As for family and friends community and country being victims, do you really think they are equally victimized as the people who were actually raped? I am not denying their suffering, but don't believe it is equal to those who were raped. By letting victims choose what happens to the images of themselves, we are honoring that they know what is best for their recovery. Focus on the recovery of the people who were raped. It eases the suffering of those around them. Family and friends need recovery help too, but not by choosing who gets to view the pics. Their recovery needs to respect the boundaries of the rape victim and what he or she needs.

And if it were you? Who should choose what happens to pictures of you being gang raped? Your family? Your friends? Your community? Your country? Another country? How about we let you decide what would be most empowering or best for you? You're the one who went through it.