“So I write this as a plea, a request for help from everyone.
Please will you help us break the silence? Please will you find some time and give that man space to talk when he needs to. Please will you tell that boy that there is hope and healing is possible. Please will you remind people that boys and men get abused too. Please will you
challenge all notions that to be abused is to be weak. And please will you be as understanding as possible when dealing with us?I ask this maybe for those that are struggling to find their voice in the hope that they see the silence can be broken. But maybe I ask this for me too. So I can be heard with more clarity, but also because I know what it feels like to carry that silence – I certainly never want to go back there.”
Yes, yes, and more yes!
Male Sexual Abuse: If It’s Still a Taboo Let’s Do Something About It