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“REAL RAPE”

This past weekend I read an article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine entitled “To Catch A Rapist”. It highlighted the work of a dedicated inspector and some of her colleagues in the Special Victims Unit of Law Enforcement in New Haven, Conn. and the repeated roadblocks they come up against trying to prosecute sexual assault cases. It was powerful and informative and I would encourage anyone reading this to take a look at that article as well. First some statistics:

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THE ENABLING PARENT

A while back, I jotted down some thoughts about a person I called “The Other Parent”. Since then, I’ve been collecting information and have concluded that there is a dearth of material on this subject. But I have expanded upon my initial ideas and hopefully this will be lead to more research data in the future. These were my initial thoughts:

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The Emotional Life of Adolescent Abuse: A Daughter’s Poetry

The following words and poetry were written by Kallel Hunter. She has graciously allowed me to share them with you. My name is Kallel and I am 13 years old. I live in the U.K. and have Irish, Jamaican and Barbadian in me. I also have two sisters and 3 brothers. I am the eldest. We don’t live together anymore. Two are living with my mum in Birmingham; one is living with her mum (my granny) in Leicester and two are living with me and my dad and my step mom.

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Women Battering Men - The Other Side of DOMESTIC ABUSE

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Elder Abuse, Alzheimers and Our Aging Population

While taken seriously enough to be a legally reportable offense categorized alongside child abuse as either a misdemeanor or a felony - elder abuse does not seem to be taken as seriously by the public. Perhaps elders do not appear to be as helpless as children, but many times they are. And if helplessness is the yardstick, how does it account for the fact that domestic violence, which is not legally reportable, arouses more conste ation and receives more attention and media coverage. Perhaps it’s because of national neglect in respecting, supporting and caring for elders in general.

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Helping Adults Abused As Children

When I began working in this field many years ago, I was told that if I hadn’t already picked a specialization, it would pick me. And that is exactly what happened.

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Ritualized Sexual Abuse

There is ritual sexual abuse and there is ritualized sexual abuse.

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GENDER AND IDENTITY

Inspired by the life of Lana Wachowski: Gender is defined as a set of characteristics – masculine, feminine or neuter, while Gender Identity is a person’s sense of and private experience of their own gender. Transgender suggests that the state of one’s gender identity does not match one’s assigned sexual gender, usually based on physical characteristics – anatomy.

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The Other Parent

The following is not an article but some preliminary thoughts on what may be expanded into one later on:

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HOW TRAUMA SHAPES SEXUALITY

Why would a woman who was sexually abused as a child have rape and submission fantasies that sexually excite her as an adult? Why would another woman who suffered physical abuse as a child now enjoy role-playing dominant/submissive sex games? Why would a man raped or taunted by classmates as an adolescent now be unable to perform sexually or another man who was repeatedly berated by an emotionally abusive parent now not be able to approach women socially or sexually?

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Adult Bullies

“All cruelty springs from weakness” (Seneca, 4BC-AD65) There are those who say that bullying is behind all forms of violence, conflict, persecution, abuse, harassment, discrimination and prejudice.

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SIBLING ABUSE – Children Abusing Other Children

Even though there can be life long debilitating psychological effects, sibling abuse may be the most ignored - if not accepted - form of domestic (i.e. sexual, physical, emotional) abuse. Why is this kind of abuse ignored or minimized? There is a lot that is swept under the rug in the guise of “sibling rivalry”. And American law does not consider this a prosecutable offense unless a child is turned in by their parent(s). In other words, parents would have to be willing to file an assault charge against their own child. So parents keep this type of abuse within the family.

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Roni Weisberg-Ross L.M.F.T.

Los Angeles therapist who specializes in the treatment of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, major depression and severe anxiety.

June 22, 2009

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Roni Weisberg-Ross LMFT

Are you wondering if the relationship or life you want will ever happen? Let me help. I am a therapist who works with communication, self empowerment and self-esteem issues. Call me for a free phone interview at (310)479-9798 ext. 10#

June 16, 2009

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Roni Weisberg-Ross L.M.F.T.

LA therapist who specializes in the treatment of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, major depression and severe anxiety

June 16, 2009