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Predators are everywhere and they can strike at any time, and they come in all shapes and sizes. More than 1.2 million families will report child sexual abuse by the end of this year. Research suggests that many hundreds of thousands more boys and girls from all backgrounds and of all ages may experience abuse that is not reported. To keep your family from becoming part of these frightening statistics, you must read this invaluable book.
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In the mid-1980s, a dynamic young monsignor assigned to the Vatican's embassy in Washington criss-crossed America to investigate the problem of sexually abusive priests. He found a scandal in the making, confirmed by secret files revealing complaints that had been hidden from police and covered up by the Church hierarchy. He also understood that the United States judicial system was eager to punish offenders and those who aided them. He presented...
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A comprehensive guide that offers hope and encouragement to every woman who was sexually abused as a child, proving that healing is possible. Weaving together personal experience with professional knowledge, the authors provide explanations, suggestions, and support throughout the healing process. The book contains first-person stories drawn from interviews and the authors' work with survivors. An overview of healing tools such as imagery, meditation,...
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"An examination of purity culture from the creator of the #ChurchToo movement. Sexual abuse is utterly rampant in Christian churches in America. And the reasons are somewhat different than those you might find in the #MeToo stories coming out of Hollywood or Washington. #ChurchToo turns over the rocks of the church's sexual dysfunction, revealing just what makes sexualized violence in religious contexts both ubiquitous and uniquely traumatizing, and...
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THIS SERIES. These are the true travel tales of solo women travelers being sexually harassed and assaulted in their travels around the world and what some of them were able to do about it! They are shouting "Me Too!" to you through these pages! No one should be subjected to the despicable, disgusting and degrading behaviors that these women have had to put up with at the hands of men who should be relegated to the dregs of humanity! I've interviewed...
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A new edition of the 1988 classic text that exposed the extreme prevalence of rape in America, coining the term acquaintance rape and establishing the disturbing statistics on sexual assault that still hold just as true today-now featuring an original preface from Gloria Steinem, a new introduction by Salamishah Tillet, an updated afterword by Mary P. Koss, PH.D., as well as an updated resources section.
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Jabali Smith was a 6-yr-old in Berkeley, California when he was trafficked along with his sister over the border into Mexico and held captive by a messianic doomsday sex cult. SLAVE courageously and boldly chronicles his journey as a child slave; the escape and the eventual rise from the ashes of tragedy. A story of unimaginable suffering followed by the discovery of success, love, compassion and forgiveness.
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Jesus wanted me to write this book to help other people throughout the world. When I was sexually abused by my dad. There were no books in the library to help me understand. I thought I was the only one in this world that this happened to. I prayed and asked Jesus to help me and send me other girls that this had happened to and Jesus answered my prayers and let me know a lot of victims.
Amen.
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Get the Summary of Kara Goucher's The Longest Race in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Longest Race" is the memoir of Kara Goucher, chronicling her life from her family's history to her own experiences as a professional runner. The book details her mother Patty's marriage to Croatian soccer player Mirko Grgas, their life in New York, and Mirko's untimely death. Patty's activism with MADD and remarriage to Tom...
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A Memoir of Extreme Sexual Abuse and Child Trafficking:Norma Okun offers a harrowing, raw memoir of extreme childhood sexual abuse and child trafficking at the hands of cultists who destroyed her childhood-and continued to follow and destroy her adult life, including ensuring her parental rights were terminated and her husband's career was ruined.
Amazingly, Norma perseveres in living to tell her truth, a quality she attributes to the wonder of meeting...
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Conversations With a Pedophile is a landmark book: it is the first time the uncensored voice of a pedophile can be heard. Presented are a series of letters spanning a decade written by sex offender "Alan" to author Dr. Amy Hammel-Zabin, a therapist in the prison where he was incarcerated. Confessing that he had sexually abused more than one thousand boys, his first-hand stories are a compelling argument that the danger of the pedophile does not lurk...
12) Violences envers les femmes: Réalités complexes et nouveaux enjeux dans un monde en transformation
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Des chercheurs, des intervenants et des décideurs d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe s'interrogent sur les différentes façons de concevoir la violence envers les femmes partout dans le monde. Ils tentent d'en comprendre les causes et les conséquences et cherchent à développer différentes réponses sociales pour satisfaire les besoins différenciés des personnes aux prises avec ce problème.
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El papa Benedicto XVI la calificó como la mayor crisis de la Iglesia católica. Los síntomas se empezaron a conocer mucho antes, pues ya en los años cincuenta algunas diócesis estadounidenses empezaban a entrever el problema, sin embargo, una Iglesia asustada y a la defensiva no supo reaccionar con valentía ante el horror de los casos de pederastia en su seno. Miles de menores inocentes pagarían por esta cobardía y tibieza. A día de hoy, en...
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En este libro, la autora identifica algunos estándares y plantea recomendaciones para el Estado colombiano y las empresas en Colombia, a partir de la determinación de las obligaciones en materia de prevención de la trata de personas y como corresponsables, según los instrumentos internacionales sobre la trata de personas y empresas y derechos humanos, así como a la luz del derecho colombiano. La presente investigación es de utilidad para personas...
15) The Shroud Maker
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The discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy forbade the open service by Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual soldiers. Dr. Nikolov shares personal stories while he was a Drill Sergeant in the U.S. Army concerning the witnessed sexual harassment of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual recruits during this era.
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Acoso callejero, intentos de violación y parientes exhibicionistas son algunas de las escenas que aparecen en estas páginas como muestra del horror cotidiano que padece la mujer. Yo te creo. Testimonios de abuso a mujeres chilenas, contiene además testimonios anónimos extraídos del Informe Valech que sorprenden por su crudeza.
Bajo dictadura los militares chilenos torturaron y violentaron sexualmente a las mujeres que caían detenidas. Aparecen...
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Recently the #MeToo movement has, spurred a great cultural shift in the conversation about sexual abuse; however, Leta Greene believes there is still a missing piece in this topic, one that shows, how to move from only, surviving to thriving. Once a scared little girl, victimized by years of abuse, secrets, and lies that took a toll on her mentally, physically, and spiritually, Leta found a way to leave the darkness and has created a life of freedom,...
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Cette histoire, qui en est une parmi tant d'autres, est à l'origine du recours collectif qui a été intenté contre la Province canadienne de la Congrégation de Sainte-Croix et qui leur a coûté 18 millions $. Pourtant, au début, tout ce que nous voulions, ce n'était que des excuses!
Durant l'année scolaire 1976-1977, j'étudiais en secondaire 2 au Collège Notre-Dame de Montréal et mes difficultés récurrentes en mathématiques ont réapparu....
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El abuso sexual puede ocurrir en cualquier escenario: en la casa, en el trabajo, en un consultorio o en la calle. ¿Qué es lo que lleva a alguien a perpetrar este acto, de por sí aberrante, sobre una mujer? Para el discurso conservador dominante, el vestirse de manera provocadora sería una de sus causas. En las antípodas, para el feminismo radical, el abuso sexual es constitutivo del régimen del patriarcado, y la moda, una de sus herramientas....
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A Quaker astronomer reflects asks the questions: Can a scientist also be religious? How, and with what limitations?
World renowned astronomer and Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell reflects on the big issues confronting scientists who also have a strong spiritual belief system. How can the principles of science be reconciled with the faith required by religion? Does scientific investigation call into question the givens of religion? While specific to...
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