Shattering the Silence

To all who visit this blog, welcome. My name is Roger Mann and I’m a survivor and thriver from childhood sexual abuse. Cecil has asked...

For a long time I felt different, as if something inside me hadn't been wired correctly. "What's wrong with me?" I must ha...

(This post comes from Roger Mann.) Sometimes I have trouble being around other men because we tend to get close after a while. That makes me...

“Some victimized children later initiate sexual abuse,” an article said, “so they can predict when it’s coming.” Those words from a well-kno...

“It was my fault.” That’s one of the most insidious lies of all. Too many of us believed we did something to arouse our perpetrators. Many...

Another argument used to silence women who claim to have been sexually harassed is, “She didn’t fight back.” Yet when people are robbed or m...

Another cruel argument against the women who claim to have been sexually harassed are these five words: her story doesn’t add up. Because...