Men and Sexual Abuse: What to Say?

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Instead of telling men how they should learn to heal and protect themselves from sexual violence, Gary Foster says maybe we should ask them.

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Tom Arnold: Sexist Pig Turned Conscious Trailblazer?

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A feminist revisits Tom Arnold’s story.

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How to Spot A Sex-Offender 101 Revisited

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After a five year field study, MBCowan returns to say he know how pedophiles think, what they do, and how to stop them.

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Child Sexual Abuse: Secrecy & Isolation

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Child abusers isolate their victims and leverage the secret and their relationships against them.

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The Three Monkeys: The Story of Little Ben

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This is how a pedophile is made.

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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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My Life as a Hermit Crab

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After a tragic childhood, P.M. Leonard built up a shell, but he’s finding a way to see the light again.

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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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