Dead Liberal MP Daily Mail Feature
In one of their extended articles at the end of last week, the Daily Mail printed an expanded article regarding a dead English Liberal politician’s abuse accusations from the 1960s onwards. That article is here.
In one of their extended articles at the end of last week, the Daily Mail printed an expanded article regarding a dead English Liberal politician’s abuse accusations from the 1960s onwards. That article is here.
All the more reason that victims should go to law enforcement. Do not allow a church, workplace, school, or even a college, “investigate” what is criminal activity. The rules they follow are not the same, and crimes should be investigated, and tried by the legal system, not some group who’s main interest is not justice,…
My first thought, obviously, was about the workplace and the culture we have created there that rewards being “always-on” but I think so much of this pressure permeates beyond work. As technology has become commonplace we all live with this pressure and this expectation. Think about it, how many times in a given week are you apologizing to friends and family because you couldn’t get back to them right away?
I do it all the time.
Heck, I’ve gotten text messages while having lunch or dinner with a friend, catching up with someone I haven’t gotten to see much for the last couple of years, and then apologized for doing that and being unavailable. Why? That makes no sense but we live in a culture where being connected to technology all the time also means that we should be responsive all the time. Or at least we feel like we should. Frankly, that’s a lot of pressure.
Lenore’s story is sad and tragic, but her message is important. We lose so many survivors, men, and women, who just never find a way to share their pain and look for help. People who live without hope because they feel shame about something that was never their fault. I encourage you to read what she has to say about her hope in sharing her husband’s story. I also encourage you to consider how many survivors we lose in the same way who we don’t even know were abused as children because they never felt safe enough to tell anyone. I guarantee there are many more people like that than we would like to think about.Â
You don’t need to become a multi-millionaire to be a successful survivor, but you do have to survive first. In his case it was a miraculous survival after jumping off a bridge. In your case it may simply be staying on the path to healing no matter how hard it may seem at times. As…
Protect Our Children: Unlocking the Mind tags: CA What I Want To Say To All Victims of Abuse | Journal of a Male Childhood Abuse Survivor tags: CA Nearly one in four people experienced sexual abuse as a child. Why is this swept under the carpet? tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my…