The Most Appropriate Punishment For Anyone Who Abuses Children — The realistic solution to the epidemic of child abuse Calgary, AB May 18, 2009 How we can stop child abuse seems elusive but the solution is simple – if one really wants to stop it! We as a society cannot seem to get past talking […]
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Finding the Strength to Speak Out
An exerpt from the “Surviving by Grace” blog: Last week (March 28, 2009) I spoke on my life as a survivor of child sexual abuse. I stood before 170 women at a Magnificat, where Catholic women come to praise and worship God and hear a woman’s testimony. Funny, I have written a book and I […]
The Silence of Shame
THE SILENCE OF SHAME© – Michael Skinner 12/11/2008 Shame and the silence of shame that is associated with survivors of sexual abuse has bothered me for a long time. It has left me asking many questions of why over the years; why do survivors feel so much shame and the need and the desire to […]
The Impact and the Effects of Sexual Abuse Upon My Musical Career
I find sometimes that starting an article can be the hardest part. I have ideas for the story and lots of thoughts about what to say but that opening line, and how best to hook the reader in, I find to be quite challenging. Yet I wonder if it is the subject matter itself and […]
Recovering For Men: What’s Different?
When I first saw this article idea posted in the MANY VOICES themes for the upcoming issues, I thought this would be something I could write about and hopefully pass on some information and awareness to others of what is different for men, and maybe start to change some long held misperceptions, distortions, and simple […]