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Sticker #030: An Abused Child (0.05 oz) * OUT OF STOCK *

 
As a long time foster parent, I take great offense to the wording of the sticker. I understand the supposed meaning behind it, but it can add to the hurt and pain that so many abused children have already been through, and take away so much of their hope for the future. Joe - at least you see and recognize those behaviors coming out, many don't. txrhb1
I work with teen girls and women who were abused as children. This sticker is not only false (the overwhelming problem encountered by female abused children in later life is SELF abuse), it is an example of society's criminalization of the oppressed/victimized. The politics of Microcosm generally rock, but you've been fooled into spreading the right-wing's message on this one. anonymous
My maternal grandmother was abusive - my mom hasn't laid a hand on me, and she/her sisters are no where near childish drgn64
In a class at school they made it sound like abused kids were doomed to be abusers and shocked us with all these statistics and I rose my hand and asked "what's the percentage of kids who were abused and grow up and don't abuse?". The next day i got an answer. He said he researched it and around 66% of abuse victims DON'T abuse. That seems like a lot to me. That was reassuring to hear. who knows?
I think that the statement on this sticker can be enterpreted in two ways, maybe more. Looking at it one way, there are a lot of people who were abused as a child and grew up to be abusive adults. But there are also those others that learned from their own experience of being abused and put an effort into making their child, wifes, etc... experience completely different. Sara
I was abused as a child and I created this sticker. I suppose the problem is in the statement of generalization. I don't necessarily think everyone turns out this way. Childhood abuse is a lot to get over though and I still see it manifest itself in others and myself, many years later. I'm not sure that the statement is ignorant, as abuse does generally encourage more of the same. Really, the message is intended to be directed at potential abusers to break the cycle, not at people who have been abused (like myself). I whince whenever I see those behaviors manifesting themselves in me against my better judgment. Joe
I was abused as a child, and I've never laid a hand on another person. Bad bad sticker. Really ignorant, really poor taste another faceless victim
This statement isnt always true, it might offend people who were beaten in the past and are good parents. anonymous
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