"Young Men Need To Be Socialized In Such A Way That Rape Is As Unthinkable To Them As Cannibalism"

"Young men need to be socialized in such a way that rape is as unthinkable to them as cannibalism"

- Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia : Saving the Selves of Adolescent girls

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

“I found I was more confident when I stopped trying to be someone else’s definition of beautiful and started being my own.”

— Remington Miller

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“Be the kind of person who leaves a mark, not a scar.”

— Unknown

𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘍𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 . . . 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 . . . 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴.