sexual abuse
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Virginia Man in Custody for Sexual Molestation of at Least 21 Haitian Children
Yet another pedophile has been arrested for molesting the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. This time it was a “missionary” from Virginia who was taken into federal custody after admitting to sexual contact with young boys in Haiti, with one as young as 5 years old. James Arbaugh of Stuarts Draft, Va., was reported to…
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The Cover That Time Forgot: Why We’re Placing #MeToo’s Tarana Burke Front and Center
News that the #MeToo movement had been named Time magazine’s coveted 2017 Person of the Year confirmed a truly watershed moment in American history: one in which victims of sexual violence—in this case, predominantly women—refused to be shamed or intimidated into silence, while predators would (finally) be held accountable. The nonprofit and accompanying campaign, created…
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Time Magazine Names ‘the Silence Breakers’ Its Person of the Year
Time’s Person of the Year isn’t a single person but a movement. On Wednesday, the magazine announced that “the silence breakers”—the victims of sexual harassment and assault who have come forward to tell their stories—had earned the distinction of being its Person of the Year for 2017. Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal told the Today show…
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1 in 4 Men Are Entitled Trash Who Think Exposing Themselves Doesn’t Count as Harassment
Men, we need to have a talk. Again. Do you mind if I leave the door open for this one? A survey conducted by the Barna group found that a disturbing percentage of people don’t seem to understand what behaviors count as sexual harassment. Out of 1,000 Americans who participated in the online survey, 24…
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Gabby Douglas Says She Too Was Sexually Assaulted by USA Gymnastics Team Doctor
Sometimes people speak out against the suffering of others because they don’t know how to deal with their own hurt, pain and suffering. I am going to assume that is the case with U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas, who engaged in a bit of victim-blaming Friday when she said that a woman dressing “in a provocative/sexual…
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Former Oklahoma State Senator to Plead Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking Charge: Report
A former Oklahoma state senator is expected to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking charge later this month for offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sexual “stuff” earlier this year, authorities said. According to The Oklahoman, Ralph Shortey, a Republican, will plead guilty, and in exchange, prosecutors have agreed to drop three child-pornography…
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Russell Simmons Accused of Sexually Assaulting 17-Year-Old Model, While Brett Ratner ‘Just Sat There and Watched’
Updated Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, 11:40 a.m. EST: Turns out that Russell Simmons may not be as much of a #MeToo supporter and activist as he may have claimed. Actor Terry Crews is once again adding his voice to those of the unheard, saying that Simmons sent him an email in November regarding his sexual…
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Gabby Douglas Apologizes for Victim-Blaming Teammate; Social Media Declares She’s ‘Canceled’
On Friday morning, gymnast Aly Raisman shared a message about victim-blaming, on the heels of her coming forward and stating that she was sexually abused by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor. The gold-medal-winning gymnast reminded people that it doesn’t matter what women wear when it comes to sexual abuse and that the finger-pointing directed…
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How, if You’re a Man, to Deal With the Fact That You’re Probably Trash
The one thing I keep coming back to when thinking about Louis C.K. now isn’t the bizarre and abusive sexual habits revealed, in detail, last week by the New York Times—repeated forms of sexual misconduct that confirm the long-standing rumors about him and validate platforms such as Gawker, which first reported on this several years…
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‘These Stories Are True’: Louis C.K. Responds to Reports of Sexual Abuse
Comedian Louis C.K. has released a statement confirming reports that he has sexually abused multiple women he worked with during his career. “I want to address the stories told to the New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not,” C.K. wrote…