http://dir.salon.com/topics/sexual_abuse/?source=rss&aim=sexual_abuse en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Frances Kissling Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/17/nuns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/17/nuns/index.html?source=rss Why won't the leadership of America's nuns meet with the survivors of sexual abuse by nuns, and hear their stories? By Mary Elizabeth Williams Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/16/oprah_incest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/16/oprah_incest/index.html?source=rss Why would an adult endure years of an incestuous relationship? By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/26/rapist_on_facebook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/26/rapist_on_facebook/index.html?source=rss I want him to confess and admit he was wrong. Should I contact him? By Sarah Karnasiewicz Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/27/teacher_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/27/teacher_student/index.html?source=rss Following a number of high-profile sex abuse scandals, high schools across the country have begun carefully policing teacher-student relationships. But is this new vigilance keeping the most committed teachers from doing their best? By Michael Scherer Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/07/predator/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/07/predator/index.html?source=rss A teenager brought his horrific story of online sexual abuse to Congress this week, and the Bush Justice Department barely showed. Even GOP congressmen were outraged. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/23/ptsd_and_mst/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/23/ptsd_and_mst/index.html?source=rss Friendless, estranged from siblings, on a fixed income: Is this how I end up? By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/24/13_year_old/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/24/13_year_old/index.html?source=rss We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/01/past_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/01/past_abuse/index.html?source=rss I've come far from the poverty and dysfunction of my roots, but asking for my family's support is bringing it all back again. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/09/trauma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/09/trauma/index.html?source=rss I'd like to relax, but traumatic memories come rushing back. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/23/brother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/05/23/brother/index.html?source=rss I would like to help them celebrate their 50th anniversary, but I dread being in the same room with that man. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/06/abuser_and_abused/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/06/abuser_and_abused/index.html?source=rss I am conflicted about who is to blame for my older brother's abuse. I goaded him on. I think I share the blame. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/09/sexual_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/09/sexual_abuse/index.html?source=rss Now I'm depressed and suicidal and very few people know why. By Lynn Harris Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/31/florida_piercing_case/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/31/florida_piercing_case/index.html?source=rss Mother goes free in girl-gone-wild case. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/17/christian_parents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/17/christian_parents/index.html?source=rss Do they actually believe my boyfriend and I aren't having sex -- can't they see I'm an adult? By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/31/men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/31/men/index.html?source=rss Lost kids are taught to avoid males, coaches are told to refrain from touching players and some advise hiring only female babysitters. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/25/middler_schoolers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/25/middler_schoolers/index.html?source=rss Butt smacking could earn two middle schoolers jail time and sex crime records. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/22/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/22/rape/index.html?source=rss The new law also redefines rape as a crime committed by a man or a woman. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/06/military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/06/military/index.html?source=rss Sexual assault is the natural outcome of putting women in combat, argues an Op-Ed. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/28/sex_offender/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/28/sex_offender/index.html?source=rss My father-in-law faces serious criminal charges. What do I tell my 5-year-old daughter? By Carol Lloyd Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/01/sex_offenders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/01/sex_offenders/index.html?source=rss Legislation proposes "civil confinement" and bans offenders from most public spaces. By Carol Lloyd Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/22/church/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/22/church/index.html?source=rss And the churches that have turned a cheek to their abuse. By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/20/submissive/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/20/submissive/index.html?source=rss I tease men into dominating me. Afterward I feel shame and anger. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/01/abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/01/abuse/index.html?source=rss Sex abuse of girls is prevalent in Africa, where victims' resources are often next to nil. By Sarah Elizabeth Richards Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/15/polygamy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/15/polygamy/index.html?source=rss Officials are accused of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse in a polygamist sect. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/11/breslin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/11/breslin/index.html?source=rss New York's greatest living newspaper columnist says the Catholic Church, corrupted by sexual scandal and creeping right-wing ideology, is dying out in America. And he sheds no tears.