Damaged: Tales of Child Abuse and Growing Up

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Robert Brown shares the story of his childhood, being sexually abused by other children, and how it has shaped him as an adult.

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Bitter Pills: Men and Women in Rape Culture

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Peter Houlihan breaks down the defining assumptions of rape culture, its gendered state, and asks that blame not be placed on all men.

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Heresy, Rape Statistics, and Getting Away from the Poles

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Until we regulate rape statistics, Julie Gillis writes, sexual violence will never be accounted for what it really is: diverse.

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Two Rapes Don’t Make a Right

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What happens when you’re raped by a friend when you’re 15? Do you do the same?

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The Legacy of Violence: When You’re Not the Perpetrator or the Victim

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While we always focus on its direct impact, violence creates misconceptions in all of our minds.

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A Day of #Occupy WallStreet and SlutWalk

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Rachel Rabbit White believes that both protests are fighting a similar evil; of the same generation. “A generation who want better. And who are out doing something to get it.”

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This Is Not a Story About Rape

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I always knew my grandfather was a respectable man. Here’s how I knew he was a good one.

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“Over 1,500 People Lying Faux-Dead with Taped Mouths is a Sight to See.”

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Richard Stupart attends the One in Nine march at Rhodes University to photograph the participants, and he sees not rape victims, but strong, brave, and united women.

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A Response to: “A Place of Hope”

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Heather Berg seeks to clarify some points around “risky behaviors”, “sexually acting out” and “girls vs. young adults” in Tom Matlack’s interview with the directors of Germaine Lawrence residential treatment facility for adolescent girls.

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A Sex Drive Parked in Neutral

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After being molested at the age of thirteen, Marcus Williams struggled to reconcile his libido with his fear of making an unwanted advance.

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Secret Children: A Poem About Abuse

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Rick Belden, with a haunting poem of abuse, the ramifications, and how to move forward

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Wolves at Bay: A Poem About a Partner’s Abuse

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Jack Varnell’s first-person poem describes what it’s like to have a partner who was abused.

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The Pack Mentality

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They trapped her like a pack of hungry wolves, single-minded and relentless.

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For Devi: The Power of Words

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When faced with a broken and hurting woman, Nin shared the song that meant the most to her, and that song brought hope and healing for scores of abused women.

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Undamaged Goods

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Andrea Harris was terrified that when she told her boyfriend about the most traumatic experience of her life, everything would change for the worse.

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A Place of Hope

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Tom Matlack interviewed David Hirschberg, Amy Corbett, and Nikki Valila, who serve girls with risky behaviors. They also lead a treatment center for teenage girls who have been sexually exploited.

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