The greatest shame of Man<\/p>\n
is that no woman exists<\/p>\n
who does not know<\/p>\n
what it is to be violated.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
To be owned<\/p>\n
possessed<\/p>\n
stripped.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Have her heart drug out through her legs,<\/p>\n
that incomprehensible chasm she feels<\/p>\n
when a piece of her<\/p>\n
has been scraped out and stolen,<\/p>\n
and Woman realizes she has been<\/p>\n
invisible to Man in her identity<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A sorrow is felt simultaneously<\/p>\n
for herself,<\/p>\n
for that woman he has perceived and betrayed, for Her matriarchs,<\/p>\n
and for the little girls of the world<\/p>\n
who await the same fate.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For there are some atrocities<\/p>\n
one does not need to directly experience<\/p>\n
to truly<\/p>\n
Know.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The hatred of the prejudiced,<\/p>\n
the voices of the bravely outspoken,<\/p>\n
They have showed you.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Placed you in their skin and<\/p>\n
watched as their screams fell from your mouth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tessa Renken The greatest shame of Man is that no woman exists who does not know what it is to be violated. To be owned possessed stripped. Have her heart drug out through her legs, that incomprehensible chasm she feels when a piece of her has been scraped out and stolen, and Woman realizes she has been invisible to Man in her identity A sorrow is felt simultaneously for herself, for that woman he has perceived and betrayed, for Her matriarchs, and for the little girls of the world who await the same fate. For there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions\/552"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}