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1in6 Thursday: Why Am I Still Not Healed?
Most of us who are survivors ask ourselves these questions many times. “I’ve been on this journey for five years. When does it end?”
Working Together to End the Rape Kit Backlog
As you know, Joyful Heart is dedicated to ending the rape kit backlog nationwide. Currently, Detroit is working to test more than 11,000 kits that were transferred to a warehouse by the police and left behind, despite significantly limited resources.
1in6 Thursday: Life after Acceptance
I am currently 27 years old; I’ve been married for 3 years and have been in steady career for 5 years. It has been almost a decade since my childhood abuses came to the light and were thoroughly dealt with.
1in6 Thursday: Boys Become Men
I spoke recently with a group of college men whose fraternity had been sanctioned for sexually offensive attitudes and behavior. Our discussion was part of a mandated remedy. Not surprisingly, mandated conversations often don’t lead immediately to open dialogue.
Efforts to educate men about sexual violence generally cast them in one of two roles: bystanders, either preventing or supporting sexually aggressive behavior, speech or attitudes; or as perpetrators of violence.
1in6 Thursday: Did It Really Happen?
Cecil discusses how for some survivors, the emergence of memories may not always lead to the acceptance of one’s own abuse. But, sometimes the acknowledgement of the past is a path to a healthy future. Trigger Warning: The following blog may contain sensitive imagery.
1in6 Thursday: Behold the Turtle
Researcher Brené Brown became an overnight celebrity after she gave a TED Talk about vulnerability and shame that has been viewed over nine million times. Everything she says about vulnerability and shame can be directly applied to survivors of child sex abuse.
1in6 Thursday: An Open Letter to Our Readers
Dear 1in6 Thursday Blog Readers,
The Joyful Heart Foundation and 1in6 graciously provided me with a venue this past year in which I was able to share my voice on behalf of the voiceless – the male survivors of childhood sexual abuse whose voices are silenced with threats of violence, the survivors whose screams are muted by the “man box” and the victims who are too afraid to speak. As one of this blog’s voices, I want to leave you in my final blog post with a message of both hope and challenge.
1in6 Thursday: Understanding My Abuser
When we think upon the abuse we suffered as children we are often consumed by feelings of pain and how they may continue to negatively affect us even into our present. It may be years before we consider, let alone care why our abuser may have done this to us. What made him/her the way that they are?
Celebrate Mother’s Day With the Joyful Heart Foundation
Honor your mom and the other important women in your life this Mother’s Day with a special gift from our Heartshop.
Denim Day USA 2013 and the Need for NO MORE Excuses
Patti Giggans from Peace Over Violence speaks to the issues surrounding rape and sexual assault here in the USA.
