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Society has a blind spot―and one in three men are paying the price. Millions of men experience domestic abuse. Yet their suffering is routinely dismissed, minimized, or outright denied. Trapped by shame, stigma, and cultural myths about masculinity, they endure abuse in silence. Often, they...

On the path back to faith after spiritual abuse, find hope and healing with this trauma-informed and spiritually sensitive guide. Understanding spiritual abuse and trauma is one thing―knowing how to move forward is another. Survivors are often left unsure how to reconnect with God, their soul...

It could begin with blood-soaked headlines—gang-lords and hitmen, brothels and drugs, kidnappings and murder attempts. All of that is true but that’s not where this story begins. It begins with a child. A little girl raised inside a world of crime, control, and silence. Abused and betrayed...

Stijn Avondrood, een jongen die altijd als waardeloos werd beschouwd, vindt zijn leven veranderd wanneer hij na een ontslag bij een krantenverspreider in de Betuwe aanklopt.

Seit ich denken kann, schlug, vergewaltigte und misshandelte mich mein Vater. Mein älterer Bruder Branco tat es ihm gleich. Er machte dasselbe mit mir und meiner jüngeren Schwester Jenny. Wir lebten und wuchsen im Ghetto auf. Ein Ort, an dem zarte Seelen, die das Gesetz der Gesetzlosen nicht akzeptieren wollen, tagtäglich ums nackte Überleben kämpfen, um nicht zu verrecken.

Written for college and university practitioners and administrators, The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Campus Sexual Harms: A Holistic Approach to Address Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence for Colleges and Universities combines explanation, justification, and contextualization for the application of restorative justice (RJ) for sexual misconduct, including for alleged Title IX violations. This book outlines considerations, action steps, and best practices for campuses that are interested in exploring the successful implementation of RJ for sexual misconduct.

DON'T SAY A WORD is the empowering memoir of Kate Marshall, a mother of four from Manchester. Ripped from her many brothers and sisters at the age of eight, Kate's mother uproots her to a new life in which love and safety are not priorities. With little explanation, Kate is thrown into a world of chaos and neglect, a world which her Uncle Phil exploits through a campaign of shocking abuse over many years.

A fully revised and updated edition to a classic bestseller, The Macho Paradox is the first book to show how violence against women is a men's issue—and how all genders can come together to stop it. From the #MeToo movement to current discussions about gender norms in schools, sports, politics...

Todo el país se volcó con Jonathan Conyers después de que su inspiradora historia se volvió viral, recaudó millones en donaciones para la Brooklyn Debate League (Liga de Debate de Brooklyn), y conquistó el corazón de Estados Unidos. El niño que llegó a la escuela con dificultades para leer terminó convirtiéndose en la revelación de su equipo de debate del bachillerato gracias a una amistad que formó con su entrenador de debate, una persona transgénero, que marcó su vida para siempre.

A hugely inspirational and practical guide for those dealing with trauma or wondering how to make a difference. Harrison James knows pain – but he also knows purpose. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Harrison transformed his darkest experiences into a powerful force for change, taking...

From Sarah Weinman, author of Scoundrel and The Real Lolita, comes an eye-opening story about the first major spousal rape trial in America and urgent questions it raised about women’s rights that would reverberate for decades. In 1978, Greta Rideout was the first woman in United States...

Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that...

Il croyait connaître son épouse. Mais comment pouvait-il soupçonner ce qu’elle-même ignorait ? À la suite d’un accident de la route, la vie de Julie et de sa famille vole en éclats. Le choc de l’accident en réveille un autre, cadenassé dans les tréfonds de sa mémoire pendant plusieurs décennies. Entre oubli et vérité cachée, elle découvre qu’elle a sombré dans l’amnésie traumatique pour se préserver de l’innommable. Aidée de Franck, son mari, elle va remonter le fil de son passé. Parviendront-ils à rassembler tous les morceaux du puzzle de son histoire ?

To all God’s children who have been the victims of abuse in silence: Christ has regarded your helpless estate; like the woman in the bible with the infirmity that could in no wise lift herself. I want you to know it is well. And I’ve dedicated this song to all the women and children who are the victims of rape: sexual, physical, verbal, emotional, and mental abuse. I want you to know that I am a survivor of all of the above. I would also like to share a fraction of my story with you, which I called: Silent Captivity.

Tra i 7 e i 14 anni la piccola Neige viene regolarmente violentata dal suo patrigno. Nel 2000 Neige sporge denuncia e l’uomo viene condannato. Vent’anni dopo, Neige trova la forza di raccontare ciò che le è capitato. Un libro, che usa la scrittura come un martello, attraversato da una domanda: colui che ha creato l’agnello ha creato anche la tigre? Candidato al Premio Strega Europeo 2024.

Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse focuses on how survivors of childhood abuse can finally break their silence and begin the process of recovery by understanding the impact their abuse history has on their adulthood. Filled with real life client conversations, along with her own experiences as a patient, this work helps listeners stop reliving past abuse and thrive in their recovery. It demonstrates the tremendous hope that can come from having a witness, and feeling heard and believed.

Cult victims and those who have experienced abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides insightful information for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track.

The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how the secretive world of guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. Currently, there are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Americans under court control, but precise figures are not known as no government entity keeps track of citizens who have lost the right to determine their own fate.

We’ve surely arrived at an age where cashing in on people’s innocence and naivety has been a source of livelihood for some people. Such that they’re willing to consume a standup man, ripping him apart from all the hard-earned living he earned for his children.

Eine wahre Geschichte über Gewalt und Missbrauch in der eigenen Familie. Manchen Menschen sollte man einfach keine Kinder anvertrauen... Zur Haussklavin degradiert, später Ersatzmutter für meine fünfzehn Jahre jüngere Schwester – mein Leidensweg ist lang und qualvoll. Meine Geschichte muss an die Öffentlichkeit, damit möglichst viele erfahren, was nicht nur mir, sondern gleichzeitig vielen anderen angetan wurde. Lasst uns nicht länger schweigen. Ich bin Jasmin und dies ist meine Geschichte.