So standing in front of my college class room last night I had to give a presentation on the topic of my choice. I had chosen the psychological effects of sexual abuse. My class is quite jovial, and can find anything to talk about, we're all quite bright. After I had said what I needed to say not one person spoke. Everyone stared wide eyed and didn't bother asking any questions. One girl at the end of class over heard me talking to a boy who sits next to me, I was laughing that no one had any questions because that was part of the idea behind the assignment. She came up to me and said "No one did because your topic was scary, it was so harsh we were all scared!"
This brings me to my point, why is it when someone is talking about dementia, psychosis, or child abuse it's OK to ask questions to learn more about these things. After all we are in a psychology class right? But when someone in front of the class states the facts that 1 in every 4 girls is raped, or molested, and 1 in every 10 boys, and that number may be higher, no one wants to say anything? It's a taboo subject that people do not take seriously. That was the point I was trying to make to my class, that it's not just a crime that someone can get over and that it can RUIN some one. My mum read my paper and insisted I post it on my Blog, Facebook and Myspace. We were encouraged to speak a little beyond the paper last night so there are some things that are not on my paper that I said to the class.