Restoring Families of People who are Required to Register by Ending Dehumanizing and Derogatory Labels
ARNOLD, MO, UNITED STATES, March 8, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Women Against Registry Family Foundation Announces the Launch of a Twelve Month Moratorium banning derogatory or negative words used across the nation when describing a person convicted of any sex-related offense or in reference to their families including the children.
Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done – Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Currently there are more than 900,000 men, women, teens and children listed on the registry who should not be stigmatized and hated for the worst thing they have ever done. With that in mind the moratorium will focus on person-first language so instead of defining a human being using the degrading terms commonly used to label a person, we will use person first language. Examples would be ‘a citizen required to register’, ‘a teen convicted of a sex-related offence’, ‘a child with a historical conviction for a so-called “sex offense”.’
We are adopting a program begun by the American Psychology Association (APA) in 2018 Sexual Abuse’s New Person First Guidelines; Promoting Accurate and Respectful Language to Describe Individuals and Groups and Why call someone by what we don’t want them to be? The ethics of labeling in forensic/correctional psychology.
Please participate by changing the words which impact the lives of an estimated 2.5 million family members whose loved one has already been adjudicated, paid their debt to society and need the three things academics and researchers indicate are needed to succeed; a job, place to live and a positive support system.
We should insist that courts, parole officers, law enforcement , registry officers, etc., use this more appropriate terminology as well.
Change the wording, change the world.
Amen Kat
Do they mean words like SEX OFFENDERS PEDOPHILES CHILD MOLESTERS RAPIST or CHOMO’S theses are the words they use to shame and punish people who’ve committed sex crimes.
Every person forced to register knows the feeling when theses words come up in a causal conversation with family members friends or co-workers its kinda awkward knowing how they would feel about you if they knew you were also on Megan’s Law.
Being called one of theses words can easily ruin your day or in some cases your life public perception is everything once people find out your A sex offender you will definitely be called one of theses words to your face or behind your back ether way your gonna have to accept the fact that sex offenders will never be accepted in Society plane and simple.
Good luck
Funny, but a certain phrase sticks out to me. “ A person shouldn’t be stigmatized for the worst thing they have ever done”. My offense is far from the worst thing I have ever done in my life. I have:
Broke a man”s jaw in a fight
Shot and killed a woman pointing a weapon at me, ( military service in Afghanistan )
Backed into my brother’s 1954 corvette, ruining an original paint job.
Burned my stepfather’s entire portfolio of career accomplishments which he had accidentally set on a trashcan he asked me to dump into an incinerator. He had accommodations for flying wounded out in Korea and Vietnam. He had letters of thanks from 2 presidents and a senator and two from movie celebrities including John Wayne.
So having 11 or 12 photos of some nude minor in a compromising pose rates low on my list of screw ups. I tend to look at this in a different light. We , the ones on this list, or but the tip of the iceberg. We are the 10% who they convicted. There are easily 10 million out there around the world that will never be arrested or convicted. They know they will never win this war on puritanical values, so like the early drug wars, they will keep going for the low hanging fruit, knowing we comprise no future danger or threat to anyone.
So call me whatever they want to. It’s their hang up, not mine. I will just flatten the person, man or woman, that decides they can verbally assault me and get away with it. What did Joe Pesci say in the movie ‘Casino’ ,” I’ll be getting out of jail about the time you’re getting out of the hospital, and I will do it to you again.”
Words are always changed because it’s offensive to someone; yet the term sex offender lives on. Society is to far gone with everyone thinking they’re better than others and their shit don’t stink.