A former athlete has alleged, in details issued through her lawyers, that Darrell Bunn groomed her when she was 16, and then sexually abused her. The athlete, now in her 30s and unable to be named for legal reasons, said she complained to UKA in 2003. After an investigation, Bunn was allowed to continue working…
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…
“It would be a mistake, however, to focus our anger on one ignorant bigot. Bristow was giving crude form to attitudes which, for many male survivors, are all too familiar. The expectations that males – even young boys – can and should be able to fight off attackers is every bit as prevalent and as…
If you want to know why you’ve been married three – or more — times. Or why you just can’t stop smoking. Or why the ability to control your drinking is slipping away from you. Or why you have so many physical problems that doctors just can’t seem to help you with. Or why you…
