BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

Got this from my friend Chaim over at Freedom's Cost today: To answer the question titling this post: HELL YES! I am personally, going to include in that one EMOTIONAL RAPE . Unfortunately that one leaves only PTSD behind. I know - it's happened to me. Physical & Emotional Rape are serious. Survivors suffer for years, often a lifetime. Serious? Is that even in question? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF When a woman reports a rape, her body is a crime scene. She is typically asked to undress over a large sheet of white paper to collect hairs or fibers, and then her body is examined with an ultraviolet light, photographed and thoroughly swabbed for the rapist’s DNA. It’s a grueling and invasive process that can last four to six hours and produces a “rape kit” — which, it turns out, often sits around for months or years, unopened and untested. Stunningly often, the rape kit isn’t tested at all because it’s not deemed a priority. If it is tested, this happens at such a lackadaisica...

When will they realize a broken heart is a serious disease? This is a story about a boy who loved a girl, and suddenly his heart was smashed. This is my story by Gil Rozen An old woman once told me that "for men having their hearts broken is a much more traumatic experience than for women. You keep your feeling bottled up inside." She may have been right. How do I know who suffers more? All I know is that the girl decided "it was just a fling" and left. It happens, but this time – I l-o-v-e-d her!" This is a story about a boy who loved a girl, and suddenly his heart was smashed. I wish I was just a bystander. But, this is my story. One morning she said we needed to talk. By noon we were over. A year tossed aside carelessly. It was that simple. "Forget about her!" the friends say. "She was no good." No good? She was an engineer, intelligent girl. "She'll be back! She'll be sorry she ever left you!" they said. Nonsense! Dream...