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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys
This article has a ton of insight into why when we hear about commercial exploitation of minors, we almost never hear about male victims, despite the fact that studies show the percentage of children involved in commercial sexual exploitation is probably pretty close to 50% male. Some of the nuggets from some in depth studies:…
This Week’s Links
Apologies for the delay today, looks like there may be some technical difficulties with getting the post automatically from Diigo to here again! Psychological effects of bullying can last years Shattering myths about child sexual abuse 1in6 Thursday: Secondary Survivors Abusive parents: What do grown children owe the mothers and fathers who made their childhood…
Link – Sexually exploited boys ‘miss out on help’ Barnardo’s says
In 2018 we are still dealing with this? “Vulnerable boys who have been sexually exploited are missing out on help because professionals do not recognise them as victims, a charity has said.” It makes me want to scream, shout, bang a wall, etc. Clearly the message is not getting out that boys are sexually abused…
This Week’s Links (weekly)
Male Abuse Awareness Week Dec. 1-8, 2013 – CNN iReport tags: CA The Self-Stigma of Having Depression Never Goes Away tags: CA Wearing Your Weight As Armor tags: CA Men and Suicide: Breaking the Silence tags: CA The Aftermath of Trauma: Four Common Characteristics tags: CA Surviving The Great Holiday Depression tags: CA Survivors and…
Link – Childhood Trauma: Overcoming the Hurt of Invalidation
“Invalidation is triggering. It makes a white hot anger rise up inside. We want to defend ourselves the way we couldn’t when we were young. At the same time, we lean towards self-doubt because we’d all rather believe the abuse didn’t happen at all. Invalidation makes healing slow down and we feel like we don’t…
