Forgotten Girls Research Paper

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Who are the Forgotten Girls?
Why are there so many of us out there?
Because we are taught to be silent, and the subject is taboo, it is no wonder we lived in shame our whole lives. Silence is Poison to us. Society breeds Forgotten Girls because they don’t understand, and they don’t want to understand because the subject matter is either too hard to bear or they think it is not appropriate for any given situation. It is simply not true. Any time is for a girl or a boy to talk. Any Forgotten Child who is needing to cry out in pain, and suffering, and tell someone--It is always the time to talk. People need to start listening! It is time for schools to start preaching. It is time for children to be taught very young to start writing their story
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It degrades who women are, infact even young girls become just shells of a body to the viewer. The longer it is viewed the worse it gets. Violence in the media is the same way. The more you see, and hear about rape the easier it is for a teenager to act on that scene they have seen on video games or on tv or the internet. The more guns and knives are used to hurt people in fun or media is just another way to desensitize us to hurt others when we are older, and aren’t thinking. I know. I was a victim to all of this. All from men, and boys who were wonderful people to start. All from people you would never in your right mind suspect. All from people who never thought they would do something so evil. All from people who still refuse to believe I was hurt because they know these wonderful people. Stop this pain for the Forgotten Girls. Everyone can do it.
The Question is how can just one person make a difference?? Think about everything you do. Make a change today. For a Forgotten girl.. For you. For Me. For all of us.. Find her, find him.. Help next time. Don’t be silent. Act. Do. Be. Live. Breathe … Don’t let anyone become Forgotten..
The Forgotten Girl may not change millions of lives, it may not change your life, but it did change mine. In doing so, it will change my children’s lives, my grandchildren’s lives, and it will change generations to

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