This is heart—breaking—the barbarians that do this need to be castrated.

Yes I agree but I’m a proud of these girls to stand up and go to school again. WOW to see these girls do that and same to the parent to support them.

After 37 years of marriage and four kids, now all grown up, I still don’t understand what’s the big oopla’ about sex When I was a teenager, I had the occasional sex drive and some curiosity about sexual intercourse, but immediately after my first intercourse with the man who took my virginity and became my husband I understood that sex was not for me. I was 23 years old. From that time on I merely endured sex because my Church required it as a wifely duty, and also because if I didn’t my husband got short-tempered with our kids. I pretended to reach orgasm quickly, just to cut it short. I never had the desire to initiate a sexual encounter. I loved platonic love and still do. Is there such a thing as being a-sexual? Because if there is, I am it. One never hears about it. Maybe Dr. Gupta could give it some thought on his CNN morning show. We hear about gays all the time, so why not a-sexuals? I don’t consider it to be a stigma. I’m perfectly happy without sex or anything sexual in my life. I don’t even watch TV shows that show sexual content of any kind . In my view, watching others engaging in sex is the same as being a peeping Tom. My question is are there other women like me, or am I a rare breed? The above article about the girl disfigured by acid reminded me of my growing up in Italy and being subject to all sorts of sexual advances and even multiple attacks on the streets, on the job, at parties, everywhere. I once almost got raped. Thank God I was able to get away. I was very pretty but that worked against me, I guess. I never met a guy who sought my company purely for the pleasure of being with me and sharing an intelligent conversation. In my mind guys only want one thing and that’s demeaning to women because we are being treated as objects to be used. Don’t tell me that I need an analyst because I am perfectly happy as I am. I don’t feel that I need to be re-educated or to heal. It was very rough going for me while I was married, (my husband never suspected anything) but now that I am a widow I feel that I have finally regained my dignity, and I want to keep it that way. I’m just curious to know whether there are more women out there who are like me and, like me, pretend to be “normal”. Don’t get me wrong, I look like the feminine person that I am, I dress well, have my manicure and pedicure done regularly, I get my hair done, I like to look my best, and in fact everybody tells me I look much younger than my age. But that’s because I’m vane. Bottom line, I absolutely despise sex, and I stay the heck away from guys. I am never able to work out any excitement when I hear that someone is getting married. In fact, I kind of feel sorry for them. My life now that sex is a thing of the past is complete, and finally I have peace. But it was a rough life until now. This wasn’t easy to write for me because even mentioning the subject of sex is disgusting to me, but since this is a women’s site, I thought I’d gather my courage and come out of hiding just to find out if anyone else out there shares in my experience about how they feel about sex. Please do not respond to my email address. I will only check your comments on this site.