Patrick talked about her father molesting her. The thought of that just terrified me, especially because it something we, as in today’s society are not really used to hearing about in detail. It was always talked about in a gentle way. It’s something that’s never really spoken of in detail, so we know what’s happening but we don’t know exactly what happens, it’s all based of what we think it consists of. That’s not what E. Patrick Johnson did. He told us what child molestation consisted of, limiting our ability to try to interpret it as something different. He gave us a clear picture of what is was, regardless of the idea that it would make some people feel uncomfortable. Although I did feel uncomfortable, I’m glad that I got to experience it because it helped me grow. It opened my eyes to a world completely different from mine. The uncomfortable feeling was a sense of ignorance; it was me being afraid of something that was unknown to me. It was something that was real and raw, something that wasn’t sugar coated for me. It was the real bitter taste of reality, something we don’t get in today’s
Patrick talked about her father molesting her. The thought of that just terrified me, especially because it something we, as in today’s society are not really used to hearing about in detail. It was always talked about in a gentle way. It’s something that’s never really spoken of in detail, so we know what’s happening but we don’t know exactly what happens, it’s all based of what we think it consists of. That’s not what E. Patrick Johnson did. He told us what child molestation consisted of, limiting our ability to try to interpret it as something different. He gave us a clear picture of what is was, regardless of the idea that it would make some people feel uncomfortable. Although I did feel uncomfortable, I’m glad that I got to experience it because it helped me grow. It opened my eyes to a world completely different from mine. The uncomfortable feeling was a sense of ignorance; it was me being afraid of something that was unknown to me. It was something that was real and raw, something that wasn’t sugar coated for me. It was the real bitter taste of reality, something we don’t get in today’s