I'm certainly not suggesting legalization of polyamory. But it's also unfairly judgmental of you to compare such relationships to the criminal acts… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
I've never ever attacked someone who's been the victim who's been the victim of sexual abuse. Not only that, I've put people… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“A child has a greater chance of being sexually abused than burned in a fire. Along with stop, drop, and roll we… — Carolyn Byers Ruch Copy Share Image
Trauma and sexual abuse are two of our most pressing human and societal problems. They must be studied by unbiased scientific investigation… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t some mysterious adverse personality trait that comprises of who I am, it unquestionably had a source - A cradle of… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Americans love a conspiracy theory. It also tapped into people's disillusionment with the Catholic Church following the sexual abuse scandals. — SangFroid Shaalu Copy Share Image
“Studies conducted in a city in Zimbabwe found that half of reported rape cases involve girls less than 15 years of age… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
“Neglect transpires when the accountable adult fails to provide sufficiently for the needs of a child. It may be deliberate and conscious… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
I've overcome a lot - sexual abuse, death of a loved one, bad parents and experienced life. My nature is such I… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
You talk about sexual abuse? Bill Clinton's wife ran the bimbo eruptions units when he was in the White House to seek… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“As recently as 1975, a basic American psychiatry textbook estimated that the frequency of all forms of incest as one case per… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“In the 1980s, research on post traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans was regarded as important, noble, and useful. When the same… — Patrick J. Carnes Copy Share Image
“Ritualised child sexual abuse is about abuse of power, control and secrecy. Ten years ago many people found it difficult to believe… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“By the time Cheryl Hersha came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete that doctors understood how the mind… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
“Qualitative and quantitative research with adults and children reporting ritual abuse has found that it occurs alongside other forms of organised abuse,… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Children in misogynistic households experience tremendous rage, tension, and frustration. When they see their mothers victimized either psychologically or physically, they become… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“While some accused and convicted child molesters have inappropriately influenced the media, the public, and many in the clinical and legal professions… — Charles L. Whitfield Copy Share Image
“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“So here is what I see when we reclaim the church ladies: a woman loved and free is beautiful. She is laughing… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“A plain, brown paper-wrapped package came in the mail recently. Upon opening it, I saw that it was a patchwork quilt about… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is quintessentiall y secret.… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“By opening the door to my life, it is my hope and mission to shed light on the hidden wounds of abuse,… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
The West has a better understanding of what the word sexual abuse or harassment means. There are some concepts that they understand… — Shraddha Srinath Copy Share Image
“We’ve got to get her out of that goddamned art school. Besides, that money could be put to much better use. I… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
“Manipulation is majorly at play in sexual abuse. The kid is in full control, influenced, used completely for one’s advantage, to work… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
As a former victim of childhood sexual abuse, my position is unwavering when it comes to speaking out against the hypersexualization of… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
“Yes, she fears the cuffs, the cross and the whip, but she will get past this. Such problems, even with time, do… — Nikki Sex Copy Share Image
“Not only do I believe children can be reliable in sexual abuse cases, I believe the vast majority of them are reliable… — Stephen J. Ceci Copy Share Image
“The most treasured gift you can present yourself today is a hand of assistance to liberate you from the prison of anxiety,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Damaged little girls are exactly what the porn industry preys upon and depends upon. It is estimated that 90% of porn performers… — Shelley Lubben Copy Share Image
“I selected a research method called autoethnography. It allows someone to study their own story within a cultural context like, say, a… — Michelle Stevens Copy Share Image
A face that puts on a smile through the day and cries her self to sleep at night. thinking and wishing what… — Slowly_fading Copy Share Image
“I believe nobody really dies. We are energy and continue to exist. So where else would our spirits go than where there… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to children than threatening them with the eternal and unquenchable… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
In a world where families are drowning on beaches to escape war, leaving the church because of sexual abuse, or denied access… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
![“As recently as 1975, a basic American psychiatry textbook estimated that the frequency of all forms of incest as one case per million. [James Henderson, "Incest", in A. M. Freedman, H.I. Kaplan and B.J. Sadock, eds., Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 2nd ed. 1975 p. 1532.]” quote by Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/679/judith-lewis-herman-19218_child-rape_as-recently-as-1975-a-basic-american-psy_1650810.jpg)
