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
“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
“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
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
“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
“As a survivor of sibling abuse, the toxic shame is not for the survivor to carry. You didn’t do anything wrong. You… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“To survivors of sexual abuse, for bullying your demons in any manner you choose, and for accepting only the definition of therapy… — Pam Godwin Copy Share Image
Through Heaven's Gate and Back speaks to all of us that have been abused as children. Lee Thornton's descriptions of the aftereffects… — Charles L. Whitfield 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
“Cheryl's growing awareness of her emotional difficulties was leading her to research multiple personality. As she had learned more about dissociation, she… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“Young girls frequently report that their early sexual experiences were coerced. In a study in South Africa, 30 percent of girls report… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
“The data on organised abuse has been simplified or distorted in an attempt force it to conform to mechanical psychological models of… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Typically, one of the arguments against the ethicalness of chemical castration is that it affects the very core of personhood, part of… — István Aranyosi Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33 Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“from: The Portrayal of Child Sexual Assault in Introductory Psychology Textbooks - Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Tonya C. Lewis One of the central… — Michelle Rae Hebl Copy Share Image
“The Kinsey staff asked questions of children, learning about sexuality in the family. And other psychologists, psychiatrists and paediatricians, including Benjamin Spock,… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“The Rochester group [of VOTF], however, was met with some concern as they found it hard to believe my account as it… — Charles L. Bailey Jr 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
“I had a bizarre rapport with this mirror and spent a lot of time gazing into the glass to see who was… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“When sleep came, I would dream bad dreams. Not the baby and the big man with a cigarette-lighter dream. Another dream. The… — Alice Jamieson 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
“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
“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
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
“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
“There are dozens, if not hundreds, of reasons to write about sibling abuse. The one that stands out the most is the… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“The government researchers,aware of the information in the professional journals, decided to reverse the process (of healing from hysteric dissociation). They decided… — Cheryl Hersha Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
“After all, there is in more stable, developed countries like the United States and Britain a quantifiably more vicious culture of child… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“THE NO CONTACT RULE: 1. Zero contact; face to face & online. 2. No phone calls. 3. No text messaging. 4. No… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
Milk is for babies. Human beings are the only species that drinks milk into adulthood and besides that we prefer to drink… — Sharon Gannon 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
“Many Survivors blame themselves for the abuse and continue to feel responsible and guilty for anything bad that happens to them or… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“One area where this misperception has hit hard has been research on child sexual abuse. Despite an explosion of research on the… — Jan L. Frayne Copy Share Image