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This morning I read something I wrote more than 20 years ago.
I felt a little bit shocked.
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This morning I read something I wrote more than 20 years ago.
I felt a little bit shocked.
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What I read was – for the first time in years -- the Afterword of my book Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse which was published in 1996. It was my first book.
amazon.com/Betrayal-Traum…
What I read was – for the first time in years -- the Afterword of my book Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse which was published in 1996. It was my first book.
amazon.com/Betrayal-Traum…
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My book was not personal. Rather, I presented a theory. But I also wrote that Afterword.
Here is how the Afterword started.
My book was not personal. Rather, I presented a theory. But I also wrote that Afterword.
Here is how the Afterword started.
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And it continued
“This private meeting of the personal and professional was to play a role in touching off a heated public and political reaction .”
And it continued
“This private meeting of the personal and professional was to play a role in touching off a heated public and political reaction .”
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From the next page I wrote about a colleague:
“. . . he was concerned that is current professional work might be discounted were it known the he was an abuse survivor.”
(insert 3)
From the next page I wrote about a colleague:
“. . . he was concerned that is current professional work might be discounted were it known the he was an abuse survivor.”
(insert 3)
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From the penultimate paragraph: “If people who dare to speak about sexual abuse are attacked by those whom they have relied on and trusted, is it any wonder that unawareness and silence are so common?”
From the penultimate paragraph: “If people who dare to speak about sexual abuse are attacked by those whom they have relied on and trusted, is it any wonder that unawareness and silence are so common?”
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Betrayal Trauma was published in 1996. Flash forward to 2019. We have #MeToo and that’s huge. But I wonder: are victims of childhood sexual abuse freer to speak the truth of their experience? Are scholars of childhood sexual abuse freer from attack and ostracism?
Betrayal Trauma was published in 1996. Flash forward to 2019. We have #MeToo and that’s huge. But I wonder: are victims of childhood sexual abuse freer to speak the truth of their experience? Are scholars of childhood sexual abuse freer from attack and ostracism?
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In 2019 some of what I know: Adult sexual victimization is inextricably linked to how children are treated & what children learn. Sexual violence thrives in secrecy. We enable sexual violence of adults and children by discrediting those who speak about childhood abuse.
In 2019 some of what I know: Adult sexual victimization is inextricably linked to how children are treated & what children learn. Sexual violence thrives in secrecy. We enable sexual violence of adults and children by discrediting those who speak about childhood abuse.
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In 2019 some of what I believe: The time will come when our society comprehends the extent of childhood sexual abuse – both its frequency and its destructive power. The sooner we get there the fewer lives devastated.
In 2019 some of what I believe: The time will come when our society comprehends the extent of childhood sexual abuse – both its frequency and its destructive power. The sooner we get there the fewer lives devastated.
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In 2019 I transform my words from 1996: When people who dare to speak about childhood sexual abuse are supported by those whom they have relied on and trusted, society will begin to dismantle sexual violence.
In 2019 I transform my words from 1996: When people who dare to speak about childhood sexual abuse are supported by those whom they have relied on and trusted, society will begin to dismantle sexual violence.
