Shattering the Silence

A few days ago I received an email from a man who was hesitant to post, afraid that I might share his information. I understand his concern ...

The great American tradition is to honor and applaud those who go it alone—the Clint-Eastwood-John-Wayne heroic types. They didn't need ...

Most of us struggle with anger on some level. Anger that  * we were molested;  * no one stepped in to save us;  * no one believed...

Why did I suddenly open up about my sexual assault at age 51? (And I've since learned that many men don't deal with their rapes unti...

In reviewing my life, which I do occasionally, friendship has always been a large factor. What I didn't get was that I was the good frie...

For the first years of my adult life, I considered friendship one of the greatest things in my life. I had friends—many of them—and spent ti...

I've heard that statement from survivors several times, and I assume it's fairly common. They don't usually mean they think they...