Abuse

There is something deeply troubling about watching a documentary about murdered women and realizing how many of the dangers they faced extend far beyond the places where they worked.  Oxygen’s …

Most people are perfectly capable of thinking, reasoning, and making thoughtful decisions. We do it every day. We manage families, solve problems at work, care for loved ones, and navigate …

The Survival Lesson in Miss Evers’ Boys One of the hardest lessons we learn about human behavior is that people don’t have to seem evil to participate in something harmful. …

It isn’t hard for leaders to protect girls, but they have to act. To whom much is given, much is expected. We gotta start expecting more from leaders when it …

If you are in danger right now, call 911. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788, 24 hours a day. If someone …

  updated from April 4 2025 Generation X was not ready for this story, but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either, but they most definitely needed …

When Men Expose Themselves to Girls: Why We Must Take This Form of Sexual Abuse Seriously Updated October 2026 | Originally published in 2023 A girl is walking home, waiting …

 If there were no rapist in the vicinity, the child would not have been raped. There is a phrase that has always bothered me when people use it to talk …

Another book from my personal shelf… Some books stay with you long after you’ve finished reading them. Bastard Out of Carolina (1992) is one of those books. But I want …

updated from September 24, 2025 Too often, when a woman dares to speak up about her own safety needs, she is shamed. Other women tell her she’s “overreacting,” “paranoid,” or …