^ Survivor - Astraea

<p>Sep 29, 2014 02:24 PM</p>

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Survivor - Colloquially, a person who has lived through any kind of abuse or trauma (e.g., a war). The general public usually reserves this word for more extreme experiences such as rape or having been in the Gulf Coast disaster or the Holocaust. However, progressive researchers such as Dr. Alice Miller point out that stressors an adult would not consider traumatic may be experienced that way by a child, and vice versa.</p>

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Lesbian feminist author Regan McClure says that people who have been through sexual or physical abuse, especially when young, should refer to themselves as victims, in order to psychologically reinforce that the abuser was responsible -- instead of blaming the person it happened to. She cites several documented instances where an underage person reported being sexually abused only to be arrested themselves for "lewd behavior". (General usage)</p>