to tell you the absolute truth? i totally forgot that i had posted this and seeing as how like a dummy i forgot to check the little box at the bottom to email me? i didn't get any updates. i maybe, once a week go to the home page or look over all the updates on all of what has been posted. my bad....

the first part of the video really pissed me off, toward the end she somewhat did redeem herself. the very best that she said was that people, all people need to get past the need, desire or want to consider sex offenders as monsters. and the very last thing she said that we can do better, is so true and telling.

someone commented that she painted offenders with a broad brush and lumped them all into one category. that is very true. sometimes in a way i think we all do to a certain extent even if only a very small extent. but people who have never had to deal with someone they know or care about being convicted and labeled a sex offender have really no idea what the full scope is like. and some like me who only in the past 2yrs who has had to come to gripes with this??? there is so very much to learn i don't know if i really ever will. i can only hope and pray that there wont be a bunch more and more added to what there already is out there.

i have enjoyed reading the opinions of others about this video.

my opinion? she's kinda right on much of it. but she also has much to learn. she needs to come to an understanding that not all of the people who are labeled as "sex offenders" should be classified as such. i think that her statement that those who deny their guilt are doing so because they are trying to hide their guilt from themselves. i think that quite a number of them deny it because what they did shouldn't be listed as a sex offense or a sex crime. and they should have never been put on the registry for it.

but at least what she is doing and has said, it's a start and she is beginning the process.

Another take away from her video, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Whether you agree with everything she is saying or not, you have to ask yourself would it be better for us if more people believed what she believes? I think the answer is clearly yes.

that's true Independent. and the fact that she's out there and doing this publicly. gotta give her some kudos for bravery, so few are brave enough to go public!!!

i shared the video to my facebook page. didn't have even one nay-sayer!

I think the psychologist I worked with for my treatment would agree with everything that she said in the video. I found myself expressing that I wasn't the picture society has of a RSO. My case should've been kept in juvenile court, so I was really upset when I was going through treatment. My psychologist helped me see that very few people are the monsters society envisions us to be, but at the same time that doesn't mean I didn't have things I could work on in therapy. I think I would've gotten a lot less out of therapy if I didn't accept that fact.

I knew this video wouldn't strike a chord with everyone here because a lot of people are here for CP. The punishment for CP is beyond ridiculous, the punishment does not fit the crime. I believe that the registry is punishment, and in a lot of cases ex post facto punishment. I believe that research shows we have the lowest recidivism rates of any besides murder. I believe society has lost its mind and are on a witch hunt. I believe we are not the monsters society thinks we are. Nevertheless, I agree with the psychologist in the video. When you compare yourself to what society thinks we are we look good. My psychologist encouraged me to compare myself to a non-offending person, and when I do that I know I had and still have work to do.