People With Intellectual Disabilities Are Victims Of Sexual Assaults 7x's More
Pauline wants to tell her story — about that night in the basement, about the boys and about the abuse she wanted to stop. But she’s nervous. “Take a deep breath,” she says out loud to herself. She takes a deep and audible breath. And then she tells...Sex Trafficking Must Be Part Of #MeToo Movement
Last month, the #MeToo movement was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, and rightfully so. One in 6 men and 1 in 4 women has been sexually assaulted in his or her lifetime. That being said, many #MeToo stories remain untold. In the midst of the movement,...11 Ways You Can Support Sexual Assault Survivors In 2018
With more powerful men being exposed as alleged sexual abusers and the watershed #MeToo movement sparking a national dialogue on sexual assault, 2017 is shaping up to be the year sexual misconduct was finally taken seriously. While many people are glad that powerful...What Experts Know About Men Who Rape
He sat by his phone, skeptical that it would ring. “I didn’t think that anyone would want to respond,” said Samuel D. Smithyman, now 72 and a clinical psychologist in South Carolina. But the phone did ring. Nearly 200 times. At the other end of the line were a...