It’s up today over at Tracie’s blog. http://www.fromtracie.com/2013/09/blog-against-child-abuse-september-2013.html As always, there are some interesting reads from fellow survivors, so go check it out and support them!
In the UK, the children’s charity NSPCC has launched a new campaign aimed at teaching children about abuse. The goal is to allow kids to “say now I know instead of I wish I had known”. More information is available in the news story, as well as on the NSPCC site
Watch for signs of depression in teenage boys tags: CA The Disturbing Discrepancy & Double Standard Between Mental Illness & Other Health Concerns tags: CA You Can Help Save a Life… But Not Today tags: CA Child Abuse, Incest, Domestic Violence – In The Silence Nothing Changes tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of…
From the 1 in 6 website, quotes from guys who have arrived on the other side. Because survivors need to know that healing is possible, and that they are not alone in getting there!
Woman/Boy Relationships in Pop Culture: No Big Deal – Jordan Larson – The Atlantic tags: CA Taking the Time: Healing Happens at a Trot, Not a Gallop tags: CA Petra’s Birthday Wish for Male Abuse Awareness Week 2013 tags: CA The Reality of Depression : It Exists : Caregivers, Family tags: CA Chilling experiment shows…
The Atlantic has an article today about a sudden increase of movie portrayals of older women sleeping with teenage boys. They rightly point out that while these relationships are portrayed as “no big deal”, you can guarantee that there would be outrage if the genders were reversed. Maybe it’s time we started to recognize that…
