Shattering the Silence

(By Jason Rovenstine) I never realized I kept a secret until a pretty girl in the university cafeteria helped me see it. She sat across the ...

(By Joe Rossman) It happened to me twice. The first time, I was five years old. My family and I went to visit with my grandparents. Dad was ...

The first time I ever heard an abuser defended was in a small group of men. All of us were survivors. One of them, who was quite handsome, s...

I met him at a writers' conference and he showed me a book he had written. The writing wasn't good but as I read it, I said, "W...

My wife was seriously ill and I loved her very much. We had been involved in a serious car crash (my fault), and the doctor didn't expec...

"There is nothing wrong with us; something wrong was done to us." I don't remember where I read those words, but they have sta...

About three years into my recovery, I became part of a year-long, state-sponsored group called Adult Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assa...