tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389886067192563344.post7524125071561316000..comments2024-03-13T07:46:16.882-07:00Comments on mysocalledblog:: Sisters.netmysocalledwriterlessbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529007063456469103noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389886067192563344.post-80773445767251405172014-04-10T12:50:18.850-07:002014-04-10T12:50:18.850-07:00It is very interesting to hear of this network of ...It is very interesting to hear of this network of confiding friends. This has never been my experience. I have certainly never experienced anything like that level of camaraderie with any other woman, certainly not in the real world, although I have been fortunate to have a few female confidantes online in recent times. I was raped in my own home by a neighbour's brother when I was newly divorced. I didn't want anyone to know how stupid I had been to let him shelter from the rain while he waited for his brother. I didn't tell anyone at all for years, and then when I did, I felt ashamed and foolish all over again. I managed to persuade myself it never happened. The experiences you had are awesome.. That level of community and involvement is something I have never known, nor do I feel that other women I know have experienced anything similar. Maybe it's a university thing? Maybe an American thing? I can only guess but as far as I have always seen it, we are pretty much alone with whatever happens. Maybe it's my essential disconnectedness, but I really haven't seen a lot of that community spirit between many women ever. Small groups will be all-in-all to each other for a short while certainly, but the older I get the more animosityand competitive edge I see between women in general and have long been aware of unpleasant undercurrents even between the apparently closest of women friends. It seems to me like the longest enduring friendships of my life, where I am most at ease are those I have had with men, specifically my friends John and Del whom I have known since 1980 and 83 respectively.. but of course, that is very different from a conspiratorial sisterhood. Maybe I am just made wrong? Ludovicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800765143080326592noreply@blogger.com