Tag: Sexual abuse
Healing from child sexual abuse is often difficult but not impossible
Maria Khan, PhD, West Virginia University
A mayor, a karate instructor, a former cop, an award-winning journalist and a...
#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse...
Keren McGinity, Brandeis University
October 2023 marks the anniversary of #MeToo: six years since actor Alyssa Milano’s tweet calling...
Anesthesia can cause disturbing sexual hallucinations, leading to lasting psychological trauma
Melody White, University of Connecticut and C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Some patients can have vivid and detailed...
Boy Scouts of America can now create $2.4 billion fund to...
Marie T. Reilly, Penn State
On April 19, 2023, the Boy Scouts of America declared that it has exited...
Abuse in women’s professional soccer was an ‘open secret’ – the...
Heather Hensman Kettrey, Clemson University and Robert Marx, San José State University
An investigation has found that widespread abuse...
Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern...
Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida
The Southern Baptist Convention 2022 annual meeting overwhelmingly voted to approve reforms to...
Pope Benedict accused of mishandling sex abuse cases: 4 essential reads
Molly Jackson, The Conversation
When Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013 – the first leader of the Catholic Church...
R. Kelly was aided by a network of complicity – common...
Peggy Cunningham, Dalhousie University and Minette Drumwright, University of Texas at Austin
R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty...