We’ve forwarded your article to a few of our friends. We hesitate only because it is horrific in nature. However, the problem seems to be much larger. Our knowledge of abuses include physical and mental abuses of women, some men. I think as ‘advanced’ as we are the more ‘uncivilized’ we’ve become.

We once kidded about the ‘me generation’ of the 1960s…. It seems our generation has fed an increased self-centeredness to the point of a virtual universal brutality and has infected all facets of life. In discussions with others of women’s rights it seems that fulfilling roles is negated or contradicted by our dear Supreme Court years ago… Women’s roles are equal, unless embraced under First Amendment Rights. In that condition women continue their second, no, much lower class standing and are to be universally and forever remain as toy things.

To think the Marine Corps, some 15-20 years ago, attempted to no longer carry ‘girlie magazines’ in its Seven-Day Stores because it violates the Corps values of honor and integrity, and commitments made in marriage. Boy did we, as a Service, ever get slammed over that “moralistic standing!” My regret is I didn’t keep the articles.

The wars of Viet Nam, et al, can’t carry a light over the wars in the streets of the entire fragmented global culture. Without some moral compass under which we can unite, something that all groups can agree, I am very concerned for our nation and the global community. This current year is manifesting all we have argued over for decades.

I don’t understand.

“Most people expect people that are old enough to be in college to take responsibility for their personal relationships.”

Being “old” enough to take responsiblity, and being strong enought to fight off someone twice your size and out of control with rage, are different issues.

“And take solace in the fact that your daughter has been raised well enough not to put herself in the abusive situation.”

To assume that women “raised well” and educated cannot fall prey to some deceptive, evil and manipulative mother fucker, is to be blind to the art of seduction as well as the basic human desire to believe and trust another human to be who (whom?) they present themselves to be. Being educated may give you what it takes to get yourself out of a bad situation, but won’t nessessarily keep you from entering into one. There are some brilliant and twisted sickos out there hiding behind soft spoken, gentle and charming facades. We can only pray they don’t cross our daughters’ paths.

R