What My Sister Did: Surviving Incest

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What she did was wrong. It took Nathan C. Daniels years to learn this, and overcome the shame of being her victim.

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Keeping our Past a Secret

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You must deal with your past, or eventually it will deal with you.

‘Today Show’ Promotes Nauseating Interview With Jerry Sandusky

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Kenny Bodanis questions why Jerry Sandusky should be given a platform to tell “his side of the story?”

The Abused Addict – Dulling the Pain

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David Pittman, an abuse survivor, explains the connection between sexual abuse and various forms of addiction.

Rape by Any Other Name is Still Rape

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David Pittman examines the reasons we, as a society, try to soften the term “rape” by calling it by other names.

Two Days in the Storm

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Penn State brings together a community of experts and survivors to talk about prevention and recovery from sexual abuse.

Men Who were Abused as Boys

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By reducing those who sexually abuse men and boys to “Sanduskys”, we put a generic face on a very real problem.

Jim’ll Fux It

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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.

Worse Than Denial: Institutional Betrayal

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With institutions covering up rampant sexual abuse, it is clear that there are vital conversations we aren’t having as a society.

“Until someone has experienced my horrors, no one has the right to tell me to forgive.”

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This is a comment by W.R.R. on the post “Why Forgiving Others Makes Life Better For You”. Trigger warning: contains references to child sexual abuse and rape.

“We Didn’t Know.”

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No one wants to hear stories of abuse, but that failure to listen has turned into a disbelief of victims.

“I’m not shocked by the employment of pedophiles. The shock is the response of the institutions.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “Penn State Scandal Helped UofM Report Child Porn”.

“As a victim of child sex abuse, I wish someone acted violently against my offender.”

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This is a comment by MsRN on the post “Talking Myself Out of Murdering Jerry Sandusky”.

Talking Myself Out of Murdering Jerry Sandusky

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Joanna Schroeder attempts to examine the death penalty objectively, despite the visceral and powerful desire to exact revenge against child sexual abusers.

Celebrating Fathers (And All Father-Figures)

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We celebrate the strength, character, and courage of fathers who are survivors of abuse.

“My deepest thanks to the Sandusky accusers most, and also to everyone else involved.”

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This is a comment by W.R.R. on the post “Viral Thank-You Letter to the Sandusky Survivors”.