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A Rape Victim
As a single female living alone, I don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry
(names chosen at random) to have access to my personal information. I have
experienced my home being ransacked by strangers and losing
irreplaceable/sentimental items more than once. An attempted break-in while
I was home had me shaking and afraid to be alone for weeks after the fact (I
got 'him' with a cast iron frying pan). I felt violated, exposed and
invaded; my "world" was shattered. I lived in fear until I moved to a new
home. In my new home I had to contend with unauthorized entry by the supers.
So I moved again. I have always lived in so-called secure entry buildings
and will continue to do so, but we all know that locks are made for honest
people. I avoid being out when it is dark, because I feel uncomfortable and
keep looking over my shoulder. When you're tiny, only 5'4" and 115lbs, you
are considered an easy target. I still have "issues" that surface on
occasion when something triggers the "panic" mode.
These are the "milder" incidents of my past. I was also raped walking home
from work one night. That incident left permanent emotional and physical
scars, and still hounds me more than 25 years later (no offense to men
intended or implied). Apparently I was being watched and followed for a few
weeks prior to that night.
If the personal information of domain owners is publicized, I WILL terminate
the e-commerce sites that I own (all 3 of them). If it comes down to privacy
or living with fear there is no choice. Publicizing personal information
also opens the door for the criminal element engaged in identity theft among
other things.
At the moment I feel "relatively" safe, and want to keep it that way. I
don't want the sleepless nights, and jumping at every sound back in my life.
Pseudo name: Half-Pint
(given to me by high school cafeteria ladies)
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