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Articles about sexual abuse in our community.
Stop Abuse Before It Starts
Wouldn't it be nice if your child's sexual abuse never happened? What if we could stop abuse before it happens. One of the challenges is the prevention infrastructure focusing on potential offenders hasn't existed in the past. It's perfectly acceptable to publicly...
A PTSD Vaccine
A PTSD vaccine sounds like something out of a medical fairy tale. It is fast becoming a reality. While it won't prevent sexual abuse or other conditions that can cause PTSD, it can make things better for the victims. Dr. Rebecca Brachman has become a pioneer in the...
Lying About Sexual Abuse
There's Too Many Abuse Reports The number of sexual abuse reports has grown dramatically over the past few years. Most people think that this is a rise in sexual abuse, or that people are lying about sexual abuse because this can't possibly be true. The...
Sex Tourism In Third World Countries
Sex tourism means that an individual travels to a country to engage in a sexual act that they pay for. Usually this sex involves children. Many of the participants are victims of sex trafficking or sexual slavery. Surprisingly, this type of tourism is...
5 Minutes in a Room Alone
Most parents have thought about what they would do with 5 minutes in a room alone with their child's abuser. I know I have played that scenario more than a few times. Thankfully for all concerned most people don't act on it. Occasionally someone...
Changes in Campus Sexual Assault Policies
Earlier this week Secretary of Education Betsy Devos announced that she would be rolling back some Obama era campus sexual assault policies. Some are seeing this as a Trump administration assault on women’s rights. Others see is as a more balanced approach...