“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
“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
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
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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
If a 13 year old girl is pregnant, that is evidence of sexual abuse and that’s supposed to be reported to the… — Mark Crutcher 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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When… — Judith Lewis Herman 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 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
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
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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“Abused children often learn to block out their pain, for it is too distressing. Since it’s not possible to block emotions selectively,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
