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Teen Dating Violence Awareness: Krista’s Story
With February being Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, BTSADV blogger Krista shares her story of meeting her abuser as a teenager and how it shaped her story for years to come.
Purple Alerts: Can They Help Victims?
The Purple Alert may or may not be the right answer, but the fact remains that society is not doing enough to protect victims. Too often, with the lack of support from the police, families are forced to work on their own to find their missing loved ones.
Sarah Emma Edmonds: Civil War Hero
In an effort to hide from her abuser, she started calling herself Emma Edmonds, and began working in a shop that made women’s hats. Emma succeeded in this endeavor, and was co-owner of the establishment quickly. Her story then took a turn that is familiar to so many survivors of abuse. She escaped; found personal success; and then her abuser caught up with her.
Desperate to Escape:The Link Between Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence
Many victims of human trafficking have also been victims of domestic violence in their past. Childhood sexual abuse is very common in trafficking victims, and the emotional and mental damage from the abuse often leads to adulthood issues that could put a person at further risk of being trafficked later in life.
Jill’s Survivor Story
June 13th 2020 I was emotionally and physically abused by my mom and got away by moving in with my high school boyfriend who began
My Survivor Story
June 13th 2020 This will be the hardest thing I have ever done, however not saying anythingis putting my life and health in danger and
My Survivor Story
In March 2019, I began dating a man with whom I lived with in the back of a refrigerated truck. The first 24 hours we
My Story Erikah Ojaniemi, Survivor
I’d like to share my story with everyone. Let me start off here, my name is Erikah, I’m 28 years old and domestic violence ultimately
10 Years Later: The Joe Paterno Saga
As a survivor, we normally assume that most people think like us. Maybe they have not experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse, but you assume that they still find these things as abhorrent as you find them. It was disheartening to hear these people bend over backwards to defend a cover-up of sexual assault towards children.
My Survivor Story; Danielle Tyra
He mentally wore me down so that by the time he physically hurt me, I would be less likely to fight back. He would tell me that if I called the police, he would just tell them I hit him first. That they will believe him.
He even threatened to call the police and tell them I went crazy – again.
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