“While my sister and I were reminded we did not cause this pain, it was knowing that because we broke our silence… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“Working simultaneously, though seemingly without a conscience, was Dr. Ewen Cameron, whose base was a laboratory in Canada's McGill University, in Montreal.… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“In some instances, even when crisis intervention has been intensive and appropriate, the mother and daughter are already so deeply estranged at… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“I remembered during puberty, through the anorexic mists of intermittent menstrual cycles, that man, my father, lifting Shirley's nightdress over her head… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“As a child I had been taken to see Dr Bradshaw on countless occasions; it was in his surgery that Billy had… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“It was Freud's ambition to discover the cause of hysteria, the archetypal female neurosis of his time. In his early investigations, he… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“[Refers to 121 children taken into care in Cleveland due to suspected abuse (1987) and later returned to their parents] Sue Richardson,… — Heather Bacon Copy Share Image
“Research has also revealed that women who have developed PTSD in relation to early childhood sexual abuse often develop borderline personality disorder.… — John M. Duffey Copy Share Image
“Did I imagine the castle, the dungeon, the ritual orgies and violations? Did Lucy, Billy, Samuel, Eliza, Shirley and Kato make it… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Pedophiles the world over. If you want to do that insufferable thing you do without care, concern, and/or worry; become a Catholic… — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
“Culture alone cannot explain the phenomena of such high rates of eating disorders. Eating disorders are complex, but what they all seem… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
“There was nothing you could be sure about, it was all lies, and it was all done to mess with minds because… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“To take a specific example, a researcher in the Journal of Traumatic Stress interviewed 129 women with documented histories of child sexual… — Janet Walker Copy Share Image
“Without realizing it, I fought to keep my two worlds separated. Without ever knowing why, I made sure, whenever possible that nothing… — Marilyn Van Derbur Copy Share Image
“The Legend of Robert Halsey This article examines the criminal conviction of Robert Halsey for sexually abusing two young boys on his… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“There is a slave trade still in this country—yes, the real and horrific sex and human trafficking trade run by organised criminal… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“Without realizing it, I fought to keep my two worlds separated. Without ever knowing why, I made sure, whenever possible, that nothing… — Marilyn Van Derbur Copy Share Image
“The healing process is best described as a spiral. Survivors go through the stages once, sometimes many times; sometimes in one order,… — Laura Hough Copy Share Image
“It is a political fight between a group of well-financed, well-organized people whose freedom, livelihood, finances, reputations, or liberty is being threatened… — Anna C. Salter Copy Share Image
“The witch-hunt narrative is now the conventional wisdom about these cases. That view is so widely endorsed and firmly entrenched that so… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“Women involved in out-patient treatment for substance abuse were interviewed to examine their recollections of childhood sexual abuse. Overall, 54% of the… — Elizabeth F. Loftus Copy Share Image
“I am inundated with feeling. I feel like a pinball machine on tilt. All the buzzers are ringing, lights are flashing, and… — Holly A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Society gives the image of sexual violators as weird, ugly, anti-social, alcoholics. Society gives the impression that violators kidnap children are out… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
