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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely not.  [b]Do not burden him with that. [/b] You can have the conversations you need to gave without sharing your personal experience.

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My sons are 12 and 10.  We have talked about rape. They know that "no means no," but the best way to avoid rape is get her enthusiastic consent.  "YES!" means "yes." I think that when my kids are old enough to understand that I have come to terms with this (18 or older), they are old enough to know about the rape, if the topic comes up. It's part of my history and my experience is one that other women have.  Refusing to talk about rape around men means that men don't understand what women go through.  They don't get it, because we protect them from it.

It's kind of like abortion. Everyone knows someone who has had an abortion. 1 in 4 or 1 in 3 women will have an abortion in her life.  We just don't talk about it. If more people know about our abortions, though, and about how we made the decision, maybe they would feel differently about the whole issue. [/quote]

Sons do not need to be told about their mother's rape - it is not the same as a woman talking about rape with men.   [/quote]

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