Cross posted from my sports blog… First off, let me just say straight up that I have no idea what the heck was going on in the Miami Dolphins locker room. I also am willing to admit that an NFL locker room is an environment that is, and should be, different from the typical workplace….
I was interested in a post by Cecil Murphy over on the 1in6 website, and as I was reading it, I was saddened by the first paragraph. Recently, I read an in-progress master’s thesis on male sexual abuse. The writer’s research said that most men don’t deal with their abuse until they’re middle-aged—late 30s to…
I’ve blogged before about confirmation bias, our brains’ unique ability to absorb information that fits with our own worldview and ignore information that does not. In news and political circles, this is sometimes referred to as the narrative of the story. You look for facts that fit the narrative; unfortunately, unless you’re careful and wary…
Almost two years ago, I wrote about the prevalence of childhood abuse and told you that you know victims of childhood sexual abuse. I told you plainly then that, given the statistics, there’s almost a 100% chance that someone you know, someone you work with, someone you go to school with, or someone in your…
Ginger Kadlec, over on her blog, has a couple of really good posts about how to handle being told that someone is either currently being abused, or was sexually abused as a child. I recommend that you take a look and be prepared before someone in your life shares their story with you. 20 Wrong…
This time it’s the case of the rape away the gay pastor, who tried to explain away his sexual abuse of boys by claiming he was trying to keep me from being gay, who has had his sentence reduced to 5 years of probation and mandatory sex offender classes. On the heels of what happened…
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