“I think it is important to recognize one’s power, one’s capacities, and one’s dreams. We were actually talking about this in the last men’s group we had. We were talking about these dreams they had as kids and how they just disappeared. They just seemed like they couldn’t even be followed anymore. So for me that’s a loss of power. That’s a loss of their power; their own belief that they control their world. But they need to understand that their actions matter." - Chris” InspirationalInspirationEmpowermentRapeSexual AssaultSexual ViolenceMale Sexual AbuseMale Rape Book:To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence Source: To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
“One area where this misperception has hit hard has been research on child sexual abuse. Despite an explosion of research on the issue over recent decades, most research reported in the literature is focused on girls. There is significantly less attention given to boys, and, in fact, prior to 1980 it is difficult to find any research involving males who have been sexually abused.” ResearchSurvivorSexual AbuseMale SurvivorMale Sexual AbuseMale RapeMale Victim Author:Jan L. Frayne
“I'm never going to say male rape and abuse victims don't deserve as much care and support as female ones, but look at who is hurting them, and look at who built this system of hurt” HurtAbusePatriarchyRapeMale RapeMale Abuse Book:September: A Map Source: September: A Map