Introduction: Dangerous Society

from the book "RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society" by S.R. Zelenz

It is said that the only way to heal is through confronting your predator. The purpose of this book is to confront the predator. Only then can our society begin to heal.

Introduction

Dangerous Society

It isn’t the raping itself that caused the deepest trauma. It was the treatment by society after the rape that traumatized the most. It was as if the predator marked the victim for the “tribe” to know who to attack. 

One doesn’t need to look very far to find evidence of how dangerous society has become. The rise in predatory behavior is unprecedented and the parallel rise in people standing up against their oppressors and predators is astounding. There is hope, yet there is still much to be understood if we are to ever see a healthy transition for our future society. 

That is what this book is really about. The "predator" wasn't so much the people who did…