{"id":4221,"date":"2016-03-31T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T19:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2016-03-31T12:20:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T19:20:06","slug":"link-were-you-silent-about-sexual-abuse-in-your-childhood-youre-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/03\/31\/link-were-you-silent-about-sexual-abuse-in-your-childhood-youre-not-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; Were you silent about sexual abuse in your childhood? You&#8217;re not alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2477,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1UFHxXV&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1UFHxXV&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think if we were to have a really honest and open conversation with almost anyone in our own family or social circle \u2014 whatever class of society we belong to \u2014 we would soon realise that practically everyone we know has a personal account of being sexually abused as a child.<\/p>\n<p>Are some of you shaking your heads and saying, no, that\u2019s not true?<\/p>\n<p>Go on, I urge you to tell your own story to someone or even to mention the fact that it happened to you and then to see what happens as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Now if so many people have been sexually abused as children, isn\u2019t it utterly appalling that we don\u2019t talk about it? 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