For all I know, he should be. One lapse in judgment doesn’t negate the good we do, and even the saints among us have sinned. I do, however, know that women have carried the burdens of men for far too long. For generations, we have been painted as temptresses with flawed natures. We’re the intemperate ones who beckon men into sin. Adam only ate the apple because Eve ate it first. Aaron and Ben took advantage of me because I didn’t love myself enough, and the priest who absolved me of my rape might one day be revered as a saint. Eve did eat that apple first. It held within it the knowledge of
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