Top Sexual Abuse Quotes
Sometimes I hesitate to use the term sexual abuse. It conjures up worst-case scenarios in our minds, and we think, "That will never happen to my kids." And we never begin the conversation regarding se...
Carolyn Byers Ruch
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awareness, childhood sexual abuse, children, conversation, kids, pain, parenting, prevention, secret, sexual abuse
Adults need to teach the children they love about sexual abuse so they know what to do if they encounter it. We need to prepare them so they know who to tell, should a violation occur, so they don't h...
Carolyn Byers Ruch
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awareness, children, educate, kids, love, parenting, parenting advice, prepare, prevention, secret
Studies conducted in a city in Zimbabwe found that half of reported rape cases involve girls less than 15 years of age and that girls are most vulnerable to sexual abuse by male relatives, neighbors a...
Njovana Watts
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abuse, africa, girls, rape, rape culture, sexual abuse, sexual assault, violence, violence against women, women
Young girls frequently report that their early sexual experiences were coerced. In a study in South Africa, 30 percent of girls report that their first sexual intercourse was forced. In rural Malawi,...
Njovana Watts
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africa, coercion, crime, malawi, rape, rape culture, sexual abuse, sexual assault, south africa, violence