child safety

There is a deep and dangerous misunderstanding about the case involving Sean Combs and what it means to traffic someone through coercion. So let’s make this plain. Coercive sex trafficking …

To every Survivor who has ever hesitated, second-guessed, or swallowed the truth to protect someone else’s comfort:You are not late.You are not wrong.And you are not the problem. There is …

Perpetrator fragility is a concept used to describe how individuals—most often abusers or those in power—respond with defensiveness, victim-playing, or aggression when they are confronted about their harmful behavior. Instead …

[WeSurviveAbuse.com] Some men don’t fear the harm they cause.They fear the moment a woman finally says,“You will not harm me anymore.” This is perpetrator fragility—when a man responds to being …

Some men (and women) don’t define harm as what they’ve done.They define harm as a woman’s refusal to keep quiet about it. In this upside-down worldview, her voice becomes the …

[wesurviveabuse.com] There are men—too many—who believe that a woman harms them simply by refusing to be harmed by them. She sets a boundary.She tells the truth.She leaves.She survives. And suddenly …

In the work of protecting children, hard truths often sit at the intersection of culture, medicine, and power. And in that intersection, those of us who advocate for survivors must …

In the United States, there has always been a clash between cultural beliefs and the safety of the child. We just happen to be diverse like that.  Some call it …

Some people still think abuse is about losing tempers.Or that it’s a relationship that just got too intense.Or two people who need to learn how to communicate better. But if …

Some women believe they’ve separated themselves from patriarchy because they don’t tell women to “submit to your husband.” But submission doesn’t always wear a long skirt and carry a Bible. …