Dear all: I want all of us to take a moment to thank both Pierrette Mimi Pointsett and Jaye Simpson for bravely sharing their experience with thousands of strangers. They probably represent many others on Lactnet who are far more fearful of exposing those traumatic episodes in their own lives in an effort to help those of us who may have experienced similar events ourselves and those of use who may not have experienced such events to come to terms with, understand, help ourselves, and help others to heal from such experiences. I want to make it clear that nothing I said meant in any way to diminish or trivialize the experiences of others who have undergone the legally defined term of rape. As with any traumatic event, these experiences vary in nature, scope and the extent of trauma. I can speak for myself, but I also believe that those of us who worked with women who have experienced extreme trauma from an abnormal situation in which a health care practitioner has become a physical abuser are not in any way trying to diminish the experience of others when we try to explain why these experiences can be severely traumatic for women. Never in any of my postings have I ever thought to make a comparison between what different women experience. So, if my trying to explain without sharing the personal details of these women's experiences was interpreted in that manner, my apologies. It was not intended as such. Merely, to explain that these cases were not merely about inappropriate touching. From the bottom of my heart, I want to make it clear to Pierrette Mimi Poinsett and others, that I do not approach this topic cynically, jokingly, or lightheartedly. The recent event with my client has left me exceedingly troubled as well we all should be whenever any human is abused, violated, or raped whatever their age or gender. Best regards, Susan Burger *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html