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How to Recover from Sexual Abuse | Transform Your Pain into Power

Survivors of sexual abuse may carry significant emotional and psychological wounds, yet healing is achievable. The recovery process varies for each person, but with appropriate...
May 20, 2025
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What Is a Rape Kit?

A rape kit is a tool used by medical professionals and sexual assault service providers to collect evidence of a sexual assault after it has...
Mar 17, 2025
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Sexually Abused by a Teacher: Your Pain Matters and so Does Your Justice

Teachers are supposed to help students expand their minds and become healthy, thriving adults. Schools are supposed to be safe environments that allow students to...
Mar 07, 2025
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What Is Aggravated Sexual Abuse?

Sexual abuse is a broad term that encompasses acts of unwanted and/or forced sexual behavior by one person on another. Aggravated sexual abuse falls under...
Feb 28, 2025
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What Is the Difference Between Rape and Molestation?

Understanding the charges that are brought against a sexual assault perpetrator can be difficult, especially as they pertain to civil lawsuits which may be brought...
Jan 14, 2025
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Child Grooming: Identifying Child Predator Warning Signs

Child grooming is a manipulative tactic used by child predators to gain the trust of their victims and eventually sexually abuse them. It is a...
Jan 11, 2025
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Therapist Sexual Abuse

A therapist is supposed to be your guide as you grapple with past trauma and grief, learn coping mechanisms, or understand and break toxic patterns...
Dec 10, 2024
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Sexual Abuse in Sports

Youth sports organizations are supposed to be a safe space for young athletes to learn, practice, compete, and grow. Unfortunately, that's not always the case....
Dec 04, 2024
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Filing a Lawsuit Against an Abuser’s Estate

Are you a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of someone who has passed away? Filing a lawsuit against an abuser's estate may not...
Nov 04, 2024
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What is Sextortion?

Sextortion is an increasingly common form of online extortion and blackmail that has serious and long-term effects. Sextortion is a form of sexual exploitation in...
Jun 10, 2024
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What Is the Freeze Response?

Traumatic incidents such as sexual assault, mass shootings, and other violent crimes generate different stress responses in individuals. While many people go into "fight or...
Jun 06, 2024
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Bikram Yoga: Sexual Assault + Rape Allegations

The popularity of Bikram Yoga is undeniable. From celebrity devotees to people claiming their lives were transformed through this practice, it is no surprise that...
Apr 09, 2024
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Repressed Sexual Abuse Signs

Many of us have experienced deeply distressing events in our lifetimes that our conscious memory has not been able to store properly. Typically, this happens...
Apr 09, 2024
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What is Sexual Consent?

Sexual consent is an important and often misunderstood concept that plays a vital role in all sexual interactions. Unfortunately, many of us are still unaware...
Apr 04, 2024
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What is Victim Blaming? 

Sexual violence significantly alters the landscape of a person's life. Sexual violence survivors face a myriad of challenges after an assault, and their healing can...
Apr 04, 2024
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Sexual Violence Against Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Sexual violence is a pervasive issue in the U.S. and throughout the world. However, the impact of this crime is often uneven, with individuals from...
Oct 04, 2023
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Male Sexual Assault: Resources and Legal Information for Survivors

When we think of sexual assault, we usually assume a female survivor. However, many male survivors of sexual violence suffer in silence. Prevailing stereotypes portraying...
Sep 23, 2023
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Date Rape Drug Symptoms

Date rape drugs are substances used to facilitate sexual assault by incapacitating a person, rendering them unable to defend themselves or even remember the assault....
Aug 03, 2023
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Flashbacks of Sexual Abuse | How to Cope And Heal

Sexual abuse is an abhorrent crime that often leaves survivors with long-term physical, mental, and psychological consequences. In the aftermath of the abuse, and sometimes...
Jun 08, 2023
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Was I Raped?

The #MeToo movement has brought to light the large-scale prevalence of sexual violence in our society. Sexual assault typically refers to situations where a person...
Feb 07, 2023
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Attorney Brad Edwards Featured in ‘Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich’

The latest documentary to unravel the Epstein sex abuse scandal focuses on the role Ghislaine Maxwell had in procuring young girls and women for Jeffrey...
Nov 29, 2022
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