re: #38 Sharmuta

There’s a lot of truth in this. When a girl is raised to not have any respect for herself as an individual, it will be harder for her later in life to draw from the well of self respect one needs to stand up for themselves. This cuts across all cultures in respect to how girls are treated, and frankly the genders too. Lack of self respect is what abusers use as the victims own weapon against them.

This is where a young girls’ parents have all the influence in the world..
it is mom and dad that that can instill strength, love, self-respect, the ways of the world, Spirituality, Family and support..