Gunnar Simonsen was kind enough to sent me a link to this article on Twitter late last week, right as I was going offline for much of the next few days. So, I haven’t had a chance to share it with you here. It is his perspective on being in the court room as a family friend faces her abuser. It’s quite moving, and inspirational. Take a look for yourself:
Sibling Sexual Abuse tags: CA Create a Culture of Prevention tags: CA Men fear revealing sexual abuse: Voice of Russia tags: CA Strengthen child abuse reporting law advocate says tags: CA Socialization and Its Impact on Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse tags: CA The Truth About My Abuser’s Threats tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The…
In the article there’s even a story of a man who was chained up in a room with no windows for 30 years, who suffered from psychosis. Which is terrible.
But, isn’t this just the same stigma we have here too? Is it any “better” that we have people living on the streets or in prison when they suffer from psychosis or delusions? Aren’t we just locking them away in a different way, because we understand that we don’t actually have any way to help them, so we just want to ignore the issue?
In Nigeria, there is less than one psychiatrist per 100,000 people. 0.15, in fact. There is no rational way that someone suffering with psychosis in Nigeria is going to get professional help with those kinds of numbers, yet rather than coming together to support the families involved, they feel so much shame about having a “sick” family member that they try and hide them away for years, or completely abandon them to the streets.
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This was the follow-up from a story regarding a sex offender who had fled to Spain and whose wife was later accused of murdering their two children. He has since committed suicide following his re-extradition back to the UK. You can read about it at the Daily Mail here. – CBG
“It would be a mistake, however, to focus our anger on one ignorant bigot. Bristow was giving crude form to attitudes which, for many male survivors, are all too familiar. The expectations that males – even young boys – can and should be able to fight off attackers is every bit as prevalent and as…
One newspaper reported on the Abbott of Downside’s public apology to historical abuse victims over the weekend. That report is here. The Daily Telegraph updated the blog on this topic, covering some possible innaccuracies in a Times report, which is probably behind the regular paywall by now, so you can read the disputed sections here….
