Child Abuse

  A girl changes her route home to avoid harassment. Another tells a doctor how much her period hurts and leaves feeling dismissed. A Black girl speaks up about how …

Someone on social media asked what parents have been asking for years: Why do very young children need to learn sex education… I have weighed in often on what specifically …

Of course, her opponent believes that surviving rape as a child means that she is a flawed candidate……  Picture this. The last time you saw your mother, you were 12 …

Have you ever noticed how often women are told that being more accommodating will make the world better? Be more understanding. Be more inclusive. Learn to compromise. Make room for …

I want to talk about something that deserves a little tenderness. Sometimes, when we talk about recognizing danger, the conversation can begin sounding as though people who have been abused …

There comes a time in healing when a Survivor begins to recognize just how much of her life was spent managing other people’s versions of reality. She remembers the things …

Every so often, somebody starts a conversation about women changing their last names when they marry. And before long, people are making judgments about women abandoning their history, rejecting their …

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 …

  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 …

 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 …