WARNING:
The stories in this episode may trigger you and result in flashbacks if you yourself have experienced any form of abuse in the past but have no clear memory of it as the trauma was too painful and your subconscious may have suppressed it.
Discussed in this episode :
The difference between sexual harassment and sexual abuse (1:00)
Different types of sexual assault (2:15)
Defining child sexual abuse (2:45)
Reasons why most victims don't report sexual abuse (4:13)
How sexual abuse impacts health (5:35)
Celebrities who spoke up as survivors of sexual abuse (6:00)
My own personal story of sexual assault at the age of nine (7:00)
Revisiting the place where my assault took place thirty-eight years later (12:28)
Several stories of sexual assault that happened to a woman by someone she knew, a complete stranger and her own husband (marital rape) (15:00)
Child sexual abuse story that happened at the age four (17:56)
Sexual abuse stories of a young boy by his teachers at school (21:20)
The pressure of needing to act more masculine as a young man in order to protect the self from being blamed that being effeminate encouraged the sexual abuse (25:20)
A story of sexual abuse by teachers at University and the impact it had on damaging intimacy or relationships with men years later (29:28)
A man's story of sexual assault that resulted in blackmail (34:10)
A woman's story of sexual and physical assault by a stranger whom she took to court (35:23)
Dating app. story of male harassment (39:21)
A disturbing account of a young girl molested by her adult cousin who raped many other children. This story is read by an actress (43:26)
Resources mentioned:
National sexual violence resource centre :
https://www.nsvrc.org/publications/fact-sheets
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