Comments on: Avoiding the shadows http://mindhacks.com/2012/09/16/avoiding-the-shadows/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: victoriaphantasmagoria http://mindhacks.com/2012/09/16/avoiding-the-shadows/#comment-36890 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:52:02 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=24064#comment-36890 Interesting article. I gave birth to the child of a rape 20 years ago – I can talk about it now because we’ve been reunited and the truth is out in the open. She was given up for adoption because I feared the very things mentioned in the article. I made sure to choose an adoptive family who would not hold her origins against her – I was scared I would not be able to avoid that myself.

It was fortunate she had a good family and upbringing, but for my part – the pregnancy, medical care, the hospitalization, the birth and the legal processes were all dreadful, and the prejudice I had to deal with was nearly as traumatic to me as the assault itself.

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