Sexual Abuse
30 Articles & Excerpts
Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3
 121 Days of Urban Sodom
by Jacqueline Phillips
I made you a promise and I've never broken my promises to you. I promised you a book. You no longer wanted me, but still you wanted certain sections of my mind. Maybe you can peel me and remove the segments you want and discard the rest.
Chapter 1
 Silently Seduced: When Parents Make their Children Partners - Understanding Covert Incest
by Kenneth M. Adams, Ph.D.
Did you have a parent whose love for you felt more confining than freeing, more demanding than giving, more instrusive than nurturing? Did you feel trapped in a psychological marriage with this parent? If so, you may be a victim of covert incest.
A Guide for the Partners of Incest Survivors
 Ghosts in the Bedroom
by Ken Graber, M.A.
If you are the partner of a sexual abuse survivor, you are not alone. Recent studies show that by the age of 18 one woman in three and one man in four has been sexually molested. It has been estimated that these statistics are law due to underreporting
Prologue, Chapter One
 Lucky: A Memoir
by Alice Sebold
A memoir by the author of the #1 bestseller The Lovely Bones. In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in
Abuse
 Beauty For Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing
by Joyce Meyer
Some of the terms Webster's Dictionary uses to define abuse are: (verb) - misuse; to use wrongly; to hurt by treating badly; mistreat; to use insulting, coarse or bad language about or to; revile; (noun) - wrong, bad, or excessive use; mistreatment
The Roots of Abuse in American Society
 Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter From an Unhealthy Relationship
by Vicki Crompton, Ellen Zelda Kessner
IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialist in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women -as experiences
Don't Touch
 I Promise Not to Tell
by Brenda M Weber
I didn't feel the cold barrel of the gun when it was placed to my head, but suddenly from out of nowhere, freak paranoia crept into my existence. I couldn't fend off the overwhelming urge to bolt from the car. My breathing began to respond
Time for Healing
by Joseph Ghabi
We have to go through some unfortunate experiences sometimes in our life. When you speak with other people you will always find out how easy your experience is in comparison to what they have suffered. The impact that experience has brought on your life
Why You Feel How You Feel
by Robert M. Roerich, M.D.
My job as a researcher is to help you understand your secret emotions. I do this by analyzing your answers in describing an imaginary journey. This is not a game. My work involves helping governments prevent suicide in their SWAT Police and Special For
Sexual Harassment versus Flirting
by Peta Heskell
How do we know if someone is flirting or sexually harassing us? This begs the question 'Who is responsible for your feelings'. If you agree with the old saying 'sticks and stones will hurt your bones but words will do no harm' then sexual harassment can o
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| Advice & Discussions | siblings sexual abuse
Hi
I dont exactly know how to begin this.
I have been married for a long time. More than 20 years. My H has a large family, many brothers, many sisters.
One of the brothers, who is my age, is single and homosexual. Not openly, but I know he is. How I know, is not relevant. | Sexual Abuse and Family Conflict
Hi,
My girls (12 and 7 yrs) were abused by my nephew (16 yrs).
We took appropriate action and contacted the police.
My nephew admitted it and was recently sentenced to 10 months.
My nephew was abused by his Father from around the age of 2 years old to about 6 years old and in addition to becoming an adolescent with the tumble of feelings and emotions, he also had to deal with recent contact with his Father's family members and his Father's release from prison. | Sexual abuse - effect on marriage
I have been married for 13 years. My wife was sexually abused by her father for a long period of time, and continued to some extent up until I met her when she was 25. She was also sexually abused by her brother. I first become involved with my wife when this situation become known within the wider family following my wifes younger sister accusing the father of also sexually abusing her. | sexual abuse stalker
My friend (who is 13) recently told me that last year she was involved in a relationship with a 16 yr old guy. the guy made her think that he was also 13 and told her a lot of things about him that were not true. The relationship was going okay (as it could be), until he started to hit her. | Sexual Abuse by Stepbrother trying to leave family
For seven years my stepbrother sexual abused me and now at 26 I am tryign to deal with it but I need desperately to leave the family system. I am seeing a therapist and he agrees. Especially since they live and work in my locale and they even have keys to my apartment because our parents own it. |
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