“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
“My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“Denial is commonly found among persons with dissociative disorders. My favorite quotation from such a client is, "We are not multiple, we… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Victim-stancing - whereby the offender claims and believes that s/he is the real victim (one of the most prevalent sophistries in the… — Harvey L. Schwartz 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
“It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict . . . There is nothing inevitable about it. It… — Angelina Jolie 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
“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
“We may also discover that sexual abuse helps to explain the high prevalence rates of eating disorders among women and may lend… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
“The themes that exercised the minds of survivor movements and their allies within the health and welfare professions generated a political project:… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“Disclosures of childhood sexual abuse have frequently been discredited through the diagnosis of hysteria. In this view, women/female children were seen either… — Judith L. Alpert Copy Share Image
“I should meet many people who do not know anyone personally who has been raped or molested as a child. But I… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“In all the interviews I have done, I cannot remember one offender who did not admit privately to more victims than those… — Anonymous 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 framing of women’s abuse narratives as quasi-legal testimony encourages the public, as interpreters, to take the stance of cross-examiners who categorize… — Sue Campbell 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
“For all this talk about us being a nation at war with child abuse, and for all the media hype about witch-hunts… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“The programme into which Cheryl was inducted combined all the different ways the intelligence community had learned could cause intense psychological change… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“I am disgusted that I was often taken into their bed and told to do things to both of them. The things… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“He pulled my skirt up. I began to worry. Everyone knew he had broken in girls before and I didn't want it… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
“Mum was pregnant, then there was Sharron. [...] I wanted to keep him away from her - but for the wrong reasons.… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“But nothing in my previous work had prepared me for the experience of reinvestigating Cleveland. It is worth — given the passage… — Sue Richardson 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
“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
“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
“It is therefore perfectly plausible that memories of childhood sexual abuse could be buried for years and then recalled, and that motivated… — Moheb Costandi Copy Share Image
“What still frightens me is that society is fickle. There was a time when nobody believed in the reality of abuse, and… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“The capacity of sex offenders for denial, rationalization, and minimization of their deviant behavior is confirmed by Salter's (1995) finding that the… — Harvey L. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“All I wanted to do was hide away from the world, but I still had a role to play. I had to… — Girl A Copy Share Image
“Despite its popularity amongst critical criminologists, the empirical basis of the moral panic account of sexual abuse has been shown to be… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“It was that culture of denial that allowed my abuse to take place to start with. Did you know that it wasn't… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought,… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“Although healing brings a better life, it also threatens to permanently alter life as you’ve known it. Your relationships, your position in… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
“The most important thing in defining child sexual abuse is the experience of the child. It takes very little for a child’s… — Laura Hough Copy Share Image
“The fact is, rape is utterly commonplace in all our cultures. It is part of the fabric of everyday life, yet we… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Our need to be "greater than" or "less than" has been a defense against toxic shame. A shameful act was committed upon… — Maureen Brady Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
![“Mum was pregnant, then there was Sharron. [...] I wanted to keep him away from her - but for the wrong reasons. In my head he was mine, he was my special person but, of course, as I was getting older, his interest in me was waning anyway. I don't know whether it was because he had lost interest in…” quote by Laurie Matthew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/laurie-matthew-31209_abused_mum-was-pregnant-then-there-was-sharron_3212563.jpg)
![“[Refers to 121 children taken into care in Cleveland due to suspected abuse (1987) and later returned to their parents] Sue Richardson, the child abuse consultant at the heart of the crisis, watched as cases began to unravel: “All the focus started to fall on the medical findings; other supportive…” quote by Heather Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/heather-bacon-241873_abuse_refers-to-121-children-taken-into-care-i_2551343.jpg)
