I know in my heart the pain will slowly fade if you want to do the work. You have to do the work, and even after doing the work you might never feel “fixed.” We can heal. We can put bandages over the wounds that come off in time, and the wound won’t be so big or sore….
Hey look, here’s a another male victim of childhood sexual abuse, someone many of us are familiar with, who is in the public eye, and who’s father was also sexually abused. Tell me again how sexual abuse doesn’t happen in your circle, only to other people. If you think that, you’re wrong. It happens everywhere,…
With all the attention on sexual abuse in the UK lately, this resource from iTV might be a good things to share with all of our readers in the UK. http://www.itv.com/loosewomen/helplines-loosewomen/helplines-for-survivors-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-rape-and-sexual-violence
“The impact of verbal aggression and abuse tends to be discounted and marginalized in our culture; there seems to be an unspoken agreement that such abuse is “only words,” as people cite the children’s rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me.” But science couldn’t be more categorical in its…
“According to new research, sexual victimization by women is more common than gender stereotypes would suggest. “ Speaking of there not being a “type” of person who commits sexual assault against children, there are a lot of interesting numbers coming from studies in this article. Go read it, and prepare to be surprised. http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-understudied-female-sexual-predator/503492/
Mr Cannon said: ‘I believe if my adoptive dad was in a heterosexual relationship then my complaints would have been listened to earlier. ‘It seems the council didn’t want to be seen as victimising gay people – they would rather look politically correct and let them get away with it to avoid any repercussions. Ultimately,…
