Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Medusa was actually quite a beautiful woman before she was sexually assaulted by a male god. The sexual assault transformed her into a grotesque monster-like creature who had to live in total isolation. People only visited her to try to kill her, as some sort of quest or act of heroism. They were afraid of… Continue reading The story of Medusa illustrates the stigmatisation and isolation of victims
Update: I have altered this post after receiving constructive criticism from Sister. I no longer agree with everything I wrote in the first version but am keeping the first version in the public domain as a PDF (link). It can also be found at the Web Archive — Barbara Roberts, April 16th, 2021 *** Joseph’s… Continue reading Joseph’s treatment of his brothers — reflections and applications
