How do we expect others to react to crimes of this nature? How do we expect our friends, family and society to treat perpetrators of this crime ? They say that “no man is an island” and yet survivors of sexual abuse are constantly left feeling alone. Who do we turn to? Where do we go for help? Sexual abuse left me torn and very insecure. I left me filled with anger and hatred. I wanted punishment. I kept replaying what he told me on more than one occasion “no one will do anything, no one will believe you”. We expect that members of society will be repulsed by individuals who commit these crimes and supportive of survivors. We expect and environment that encourages survivors to speak out about the abuse and their abuser, instead we live in an environment that shuns the topic, that makes survivors feel ashamed, scared and alone. i don’t think this is asking to much, that society be more aware, less judgmental and more supportive. Blaming those who have been abused only serves to validate the actions of the abuser.
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