Like in the Weberman trial, Luzer Twersky was a victim of sexual abuse within his Hasidic community, and he tells the truth about modesty committees.
There Is Nothing I Love More Than A Good Redemption Story
December 6, 2012 By 5 Comments
Mythologizing the coaches of Penn State threatens to erase the suffering of the victims.
Jim’ll Fux It
October 18, 2012 By 6 Comments
What forces might have made Jimmy Savile a sexual predator and allowed him to get away with it all his life? Ben Belenus on our personal sex gods.
Boy Scouts Covered Up Sexual Abuse of Children
September 20, 2012 By 11 Comments
Unknown numbers of boys have been victimized by a rape culture that’s simply taken for granted.
Highest-Ranking Catholic Cleric Convicted in Child Sex Abuse Scandal
September 20, 2012 By 5 Comments
About freaking time. Father Robert W. Finn was convicted of failing to report child sexual abuse since he did not report a priest, Reverend Shawn Ratigan, who had hundreds of lewd pictures of young girls, many of them taken with a personal camera. As a bishop, he is the highest-ranked US cleric ever convicted of [...]
“But Why Didn’t You Say Something?”
July 5, 2012 By 19 Comments
Gretl Claggett recognized the silence people kept around the Sandusky case, even when they knew they should speak up. It was the same silence she grew up in.
Gay Single Father, Wrongly Accused of Molestation of Daughters, Exonerated
May 16, 2012 By 32 Comments
Mark Greene asks, “Why is there a cultural bias against single men raising children?”
Body Safety Skills For Kids
April 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Jayneen Sanders, author of “Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept” offers a simple curriculum to teach kids how to protect their own bodily integrity.
Penn State
December 12, 2011 By 64 Comments
Trigger warning for rape. I really don’t want to talk about Penn State. I’m pretty sure that you can tell that I don’t want to talk about Penn State, because this post comes approximately two weeks after everyone stopped caring about Penn State. But apparently a post will not write itself if I just ignore the [...]
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.