“Pratik lit a candle and performed a little ceremony for the solemn occasion of the moment, placing a flower before Ruth’s ‘yoni.’… — Elizabeth Garden 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
“Why do women love to read about sexually aggressive billionaire bad boy alpha males but condemn the same behavior in real life?” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“I don’t care if men accused of assault have good relationships with their wives or daughters or women they deem valuable. How… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play… — Tom Cole Copy Share Image
“In order to establish the narrative that innocent men have been the victims of an epidemic of false allegations, “moral panic” advocates… — Michael Salter 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
“The central attitudes driving the Drill Sergeant are: I need to control your every move or you will do it wrong. I… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
I didn't vote for Trump, but I do believe his coming to power has done its own bit of good. People are… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
“The childhood sexual abuse taught me that my value came from sex. In adulthood, I was driven to have sex since I… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Adults need to teach the children they love about sexual abuse so they know what to do if they encounter it. We… — Carolyn Byers Ruch 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
“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
“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
“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
“In her book claiming that allegations of ritualistic abuse are mostly confabulations, La Fontaine’s (1998) comparison of social workers to ‘nazis’ shows… — Michael Salter 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
“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
“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
“Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
“When they begin to feel that others don’t love them, they already consider their worth and consider that they are not worth… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The abuser wants the victim to be confounded. They do not require the victim to see undoubtedly nor see things for what… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“He feels excited. He feels ashamed. He wants to talk to her, but he is afraid. Maybe he imagined it all. Maybe… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Just one person. It really honestly just takes one positive person. One positive person can help you. And that can go a… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“Though, the type of abuse differs from each individual, all survivors of child abuse deal with a certain extent of trauma, consciously… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The underlying attitude comes bursting out of his words: He believes his wife is keeping something of his away from him when… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“He took a mental picture of this moment’s happy scene to carry with him into the darkness of that dreadful place where… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
“There are many heartfelt reasons for pushing our childhood sexual abuse to the edge of our lives and one amazing reason to… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
