Reimagining masculinity; my journey as a male sexual assault survivor | Landon Wilcock
2019-07-10
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She stole from my body, my mind and my soul,” Cahill, now 66, told HuffPost.
2019-06-11
The woman introduced herself as Sister Eileen Shaw, telling Cahill that she was out on a walk from her nearby convent. “She’s nice to me, which was confusing,” Cahill recalled. The two struck up a conversation, Cahill said, which led to an invitation for the teen to play guitar atContinue Reading
Equestrians on child sex charge allegations from Bay of Plenty campground incident
2019-06-10
A prominant equestrian couple have been charged with child sex offences from multiple complainants. Laken Maree Rose, 29, and Andrew Alan Williams, 52, were arrested in May and jointly charged with an indecent assault of a child at a Bay of Plenty camp ground in February 2019. Another charge of sexual violationContinue Reading
“It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised I’d been abused”
2019-06-06
It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised I’d been abused. I met a good man when I was 19 and had children. Over the years I began to trust him and we started having conversations as I progressed through my 20s. I knew I should beContinue Reading
Catholic priests in WA to be forced to report child sexual abuse revealed during confession
2019-06-03
The WA Government said it expected to introduce the necessary amendments in the second half of this year. Mandatory reporting laws in WA already apply to doctors, teachers, nurses, midwives, police and school boarding supervisors. Anyone convicted of failing to report child sexual abuse faces a $6,000 fine. The newContinue Reading
Is it beyond social media companies to prevent child sexual abuse on their platforms?
2019-05-17
“In the real world,” he said, “a playground created for children would have to be safe … It would not be sufficient to put up a notice which said: ‘Enter at your own risk.’” That, however, mirrored the state of the internet today, he said. He said Bing, the secondContinue Reading
Unspoken abuse: Mothers who rape their sons
2019-05-16
Marcus died by suicide two years ago and when he did, he left University of Canberra researcher Lucetta Thomas a message. The sentence that stayed with her was this one: “The only course of action is for you to do something positive, like finish the PhD.” To an outsider, theseContinue Reading
The Conversation – US: The unique harm of sexual abuse in the black community
2019-05-14
The Conversation – US: The unique harm of sexual abuse in the black community.https://theconversation.com/the-unique-harm-of-sexual-abuse-in-the-black-community-114948 The underlying core of these questions is: What really makes trauma traumatic? Decades of research on trauma, or physical, sexual or psychological violence, have shown the same thing: Victimization hurts people. Sexual assault in particular canContinue Reading
WhatsApp Hosts Child Sex Abuse Videos In India
2019-05-02
WhatsApp users in India are using chat groups to share child sexual abuse images and videos within the popular messaging app, an investigation has revealed. Researchers at online security think tank Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF) uncovered dozens of WhatsApp groups with hundreds of members viewing and sharing the content. The groupsContinue Reading