According to current estimates, over 27% of men and over 32% of women had been sexually victimized at some time in their lives … Men are generally seen to be as less affected by sexual victimization. Yet, there is evidence to support the idea that sexual victimization affects male victimsContinue Reading
A journey to connect, talk, meet, receive support and inspire other male survivors. I know the cold, inky depths of silence. I shut down and isolated from the world after it happened to me. https://www.idsnews.com/article/2023/04/guest-column-hero-journey-male-rape-survivors-iu-sexual-assault-awareness-monthContinue Reading
Research on female sexual assault dominates research on adult sexual violence (Turchik & Edwards, 2012). This is understandable given most survivors of sexual assault are women. In contrast, research on male survivors of sexual assault (hereafter ‘male rape’) has been considerably less common (Javaid, 2018; Turchik & Edwards, 2012). ThisContinue Reading
Whatever your story, the important thing is to speak up and share. horror, secrecy and shame, but it’s also tempered with hope, insight and healing. https://theconversation.com/one-third-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-is-perpetrated-by-another-child-shannon-molloy-tells-his-story-and-urges-us-not-to-look-away-199203Continue Reading
MSD commissioned research into the help seeking experience of male survivors of sexual violence and abuse. https://nzfvc.org.nz/node/4874Continue Reading
Research done right here in Aotearoa Based on information drawn from the long-running Dunedin Study, which has followed the lives of around 1,000 people since they were born in the early 1970s, our research confirms the long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse and the lifelong challenges survivors might face. https://theconversation.com/people-who-experience-childhood-sexual-abuse-tell-us-it-affects-their-entire-life-and-research-backs-them-up-195452Continue Reading
There is hope and healing can be done One way to change the “orientation” of our brains away from trauma is to have new experiences that directly contradict the negative experiences it previously seemed to cling to https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018880402/dr-bessel-van-der-kolk-how-to-heal-traumaContinue Reading
Carrying around the darkness of the pastContinue Reading
A common belief that countless survivors have worked on – releasing the weight of carrying thisContinue Reading
New research report is out – 52 male survivors were interviewed “Male survivors can take many years to both reach out for help and report sexual violence and abuse.” https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/male-survivors-of-sexual-violence-and-abuse/male-survivors-of-sexual-violence-and-abuse-barriers-and-facilitators-to-reporting-and-accessing-services.htmlContinue Reading
