Sexual Assault Center of East TN

anotherfeminist:

TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE
projectunbreakable:

The poster reads:
1 in 6 males are sexual abused before age 18 - far more than are at risk for diabetes (1 in 10) or heart disease (1 in 8).
At 8 I became a statistic - at 30 I became a survivor. (Most male survivors take at least 20 years to begin healing - if they ever do)
For 22 years I lived in silence. Now I want the world to know - what happened to me can happen to anyone. Both the abuse and the healing.
www.malesurvivor.org // @malesurvivorORG on Twitter
“For every 100 friends you have on Facebook, 15-20 (at least) are survivors of sexual abuse.”
Photographed in New York City on June 2nd.
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TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE

projectunbreakable:

The poster reads:

1 in 6 males are sexual abused before age 18 - far more than are at risk for diabetes (1 in 10) or heart disease (1 in 8).

At 8 I became a statistic - at 30 I became a survivor. (Most male survivors take at least 20 years to begin healing - if they ever do)

For 22 years I lived in silence. Now I want the world to know - what happened to me can happen to anyone. Both the abuse and the healing.

www.malesurvivor.org // @malesurvivorORG on Twitter

“For every 100 friends you have on Facebook, 15-20 (at least) are survivors of sexual abuse.”

Photographed in New York City on June 2nd.

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24 / 07

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(via www.1BlueString.org)

This is such a simple but amazing idea for awareness!

16 / 07

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projectunbreakable:

Chris Gavagan is a Brooklyn filmmaker working on a documentary about sexual abuse in sports called “Coached into Silence”. In this documentary, he asked his old coach to be interviewed, pretending the film was more along the lines of honoring him. He confronted this man, who abused him as a child, asking “what he felt about the abuse he caused” while on camera. The quote on the poster, “It’s all about being unembarrassed and unashamed,” was the coach’s response - what I’m assuming as a very guilty, very caught off-guard one. Chris currently travels to film survivors for Coached into Silence. Find more info here.

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Photographed in Brooklyn, NY on June 6th.

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02 / 07

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(via PCAR responds to key statements made during the Sandusky trial | Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR))

Excellent article from PCAR tackling some common myths and misconceptions about survivors brought up during the Sandusky case.

26 / 06

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SEXUAL assault is a traumatic, devastating experience for victims or survivors regardless of whether they are male or female. It takes enormous courage to face what has happened and embark on a journey of healing. For male survivors there are many social pressures and patterns of male conditioning that make it difficult to acknowledge being abused, to speak out about it, and to seek appropriate help in overcoming the trauma. When a male survivor discloses to us that they have been sexually abused, it’s essential that we believe them, take them seriously, and refrain from judging or blaming them. It’s unlikely they’re making it up, since there are usually no social gains to be made from fabricating a story of abuse. Above all, survivors of sexual abuse need to feel heard and accepted.

Sexual abuse of men and boys | www.xyonline.net

22 / 06

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// Researchers estimate that 1 in 6 men have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences before age 18.//

worldsweburntogether:

Researchers have found that 1 in 6 men have experienced abusive sexual experiences before age 18. And this is probably a low estimate, since it doesn’t include noncontact experiences, which can also have lasting negative effects.

If you’ve had such an experience, or think you might have, you are not alone.

If you wonder whether such an experience may be connected to some difficulties or challenges in your life now, you are not alone.

Whoever you are, maybe you’re thinking something like, “1 in 6?! Come on, how can that be?” or even “That can’t be true!” Again, if so, you’re not alone. Those are common responses to this statistic, which many people find hard to believe – including men who’ve had such experiences themselves.

more info at this website, also a good resource for male victims of rape.

15 / 06

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