I saw this post over at Jewish Survivors of Sexual Violence Speak Out about the lasting effects of sexual abuse on boys as they grow into adulthood. It’s stuff we don’t hear often when we hear about boys being abused, but it’s information that needs to be out there. Men who are living with a history of sexual abuse need to know what they’re up against and that they are not alone.
From a comment below: “The journey of a 1,000 miles goes step by step and starts with the first step, everything else remains locked in your imagination.” Recovering from abuse is just like that, you take each step one at a time and you don’t really know where the journey will lead you, but it…
My wife yesterday decided to be generous and get me a gift certificate for a massage, in the hopes that maybe trying something like that would help me with the headaches I have to deal with from time to time. Of course, given the issues I sometimes have with being touched by males, as a…
I got an email from Lindsay with Zingerplatz Pictures about a screening of Hand Of God a film by Joe Cultrera. In his own words: The film centers on my brother’s abuse by a Catholic priest (Joseph Birmingham) in 1964, back in our hometown of Salem. The film goes on to tell the story of…
The deadline for this months Carnival Against Child Abuse is rapidly approaching. I’ve gotten a handful of submissions so far, and a few that Marj was kind enough to pass on that didn’t quite make last month’s deadline, but we can always use more, so get your submissions in, and pass along the word on…
Things are coming along, I’ve obviously imported all of the old Blogger entries, I’ve moved all of the Essays over, I’ve created a page for “recommended reading” that I will start to build a list of good books dealing with abuse and depression, and I’ll start building a list of online resources as well. Those…
(ed. note: Another in the long line of reviews from our English correspondent, and erstwhile bookworm. As always, if you’re interested in submitting your own review for the other readers, feel free to drop me an email. I couldn’t possibly find time to read all these books myself!) The Seduction of Children by Christiane Sanderson…
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I was looking at all the different survivor categories you have listed,and I find that I fit under most if not all.I plan to place a link to you from mine,if that is alright with you,please email,available from profile.Thank you.