Child sexual violence

  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 …

Why do some people need endless explanations before they’ll respect a reasonable boundary? You explain calmly, reassure them, and answer their questions. Yet somehow, you’re still defending the precaution while …

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 …

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 May 12 2024 Child advocacy should begin and end with the well-being of children. Their safety, dignity, health, education, and future should guide the decisions we make …

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 …