Sexual abuse - xoJane

It Happened To Me: I Became Celibate To Heal From Sexual Abuse

Caroline Rothstein — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400

No intercourse. No oral sex. No kissing. No one night stands. No make outs. No dates. Just me.

It Didn’t Happen To Me But It Did Happen: Sexual Abuse In The Buddhist Community Is Not A New Phenomenon

Ren Jender — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:30:00 -0400

I wonder what would happen if the Western Buddhist community came completely clean and freely admitted to all the sexual harassment and abuse that has gone on for so many years.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Was Sexually Abused By Another Child

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:00:00 -0400

For god’s sake, my neighbor was five when it began, the same age I was. He didn’t know what he was doing. It certainly couldn’t have been abuse.

I Was Sexually Abused By My Younger Brother And I Still Don't Know What To Do About It

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0400

Abuse is what happened to children left alone with evil stepfathers. Abuse wasn’t pushing your little brother’s hands away, again and again, until you finally just froze up and zoned out and let it happen.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Daughter Was Sexually Abused For Three Years And I Couldn't Stop It

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

My story is about what I went through, trying and failing to protect her and the tragic inaction by police, social workers and the family court system that created a nightmare I never thought we’d escape.

Like In the Weberman Trial, I Was a Victim of Sexual Abuse Within My Hasidic Community, and Here's the Truth of Modesty Commitees

Luzer Twersky — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0500

The Weberman trial verdict just came in: Guilty on 59 counts. But the Hasidic community's "modesty committees" make any sort of progress almost impossible.

Let Me Tell You About My Maternal Rage

Somer Sherwood — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:00:00 -0400

Some women become mothers and they soften around the edges and settle into a peaceful life with the baby In some of us, motherhood unlocks a well of anger we did not know existed.