Not A Victim But A Survivor

Author : Desire Night
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1482594455

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Not a Victim... But a Survivor by Desire Night Pdf

I lived my life in the shadows, I lived my life in shame. For years I hid my secrets from everyone that I cared about, because I didn't want them to consider me broken. I am not broken, I am a survivor. This is a compilation of both books written by Desire Night. I Love You Baby Girl, and I Learned to Love Myself. The author has added new text, and has also included some distressing child abuse statistics.Child Abuse Statistics:A report of child abuse is made in the United States every 10 seconds.More than five children die each day as a result of child abuse.80% of those children that die from child abuse are under the age of 4.50-60% of child fatalities due to abuse are not even recognized and documented on death certificates.90% or more of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator.Child abuse has no socioeconomic barriers, it crosses all lines, and can be found in all religions and educational levels.Approximately 30% of abused and neglected children will continue the cycle of abuse by abusing their own children.It costs the United States an estimated $124 billion a year to help children of abuse and neglect.

Author : Michelle Bowdler
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781250255754

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Is Rape a Crime? by Michelle Bowdler Pdf

Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2020 New York Times New & Noteworthy Audiobooks Lit Hubs Most Anticipated Books of 2020 Starred Review Publishers Weekly Starred Review Shelf Awareness "Is Rape a Crime? is beautifully written and compellingly told. In 2020, we were all looking for solutions and this book was right on time. It is one we should all be reading." —Anita Hill "This standout memoir marks a crucial moment in the discussion of what constitutes a violent crime." —Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2020 She Said meets Know My Name in Michelle Bowdler's provocative debut, telling the story of her rape and recovery while interrogating why one of society's most serious crimes goes largely uninvestigated. The crime of rape sizzles like a lightning strike. It pounces, flattens, destroys. A person stands whole, and in a moment of unexpected violence, that life, that body is gone. Award-winning writer and public health executive Michelle Bowdler's memoir indicts how sexual violence has been addressed for decades in our society, asking whether rape is a crime given that it is the least reported major felony, least successfully prosecuted, and fewer than 3% of reported rapes result in conviction. Cases are closed before they are investigated and DNA evidence sits for years untested and disregarded Rape in this country is not treated as a crime of brutal violence but as a parlor game of he said / she said. It might be laughable if it didn’t work so much of the time. Given all this, it seems fair to ask whether rape is actually a crime. In 1984, the Boston Sexual Assault Unit was formed as a result of a series of break-ins and rapes that terrorized the city, of which Michelle’s own horrific rape was the last. Twenty years later, after a career of working with victims like herself, Michelle decides to find out what happened to her case and why she never heard from the police again after one brief interview. Is Rape a Crime? is an expert blend of memoir and cultural investigation, and Michelle's story is a rallying cry to reclaim our power and right our world.

Author : Angela Birch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798741369302

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Not a Victim, Not a Survivor, I'm Now a Warrior Thriver by Angela Birch Pdf

When we lose a person or a relationship ends, it is usually very upsetting, unsettling and can take time to not only process this event in our life but also about how we move on or how we learn to live with it.For some people, they never move on, they become what is known as 'stuck' in a comfort zone, a place they prefer to be but this isn't healthy and no personal growth takes place from being in this frame of mind or state of being.Life throws many obstacles our way and no matter what, we keep going, it's what we do, hopefully learning from each situation and adding to our own enlightenment and eventually wisdom. Some incidents can change us completely and give us a new set of priorities or a completely new path, one such event happened to me in November 2020.If we feel we are being attacked, played or there are personal agendas or insincerities from others, this can be very difficult to understand or manage in our everyday life, after all, being honest and with good intentions comes naturally to most of us but not all and when faced with these approaches, it is often a projection of another's insecurities and may have little or nothing to do with us personally, this is what is termed 'reverse psychology' and demonstrates that the person has issues which is also their problem, when this happens, it can damage friendships forever.Sometimes we need to rise up, stop with the negative thoughts, no labelling, no victim state or survivor tag but a warrior thriver.'Amongst any chaos, we must find calm'

Author : Anisa Alhameed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798533570800

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Survivor, Not A Victim by Anisa Alhameed Pdf

The period following a sexual assault is emotionally charged, confusing, and frightening. This story of survival is a book by a survivor for survivors. Never a victim and always a survivor, journey inside the mind of a child overcoming sexual abuse while navigating a pathway through the social insecurities of adolescence. This book is a beautifully written saga about an ugly subject. It is an inspiring survival story and a book worth reading. Living and surviving inside the situation keeps our entire trauma compartmentalized, and we are often unable, for a good reason, to see the full scope and sequence of our suffering. Connecting the dots is the Great Reveal that allows us to see the vast extent of our circumstances, and when we finally do we say, 'Oh crap! No wonder I'm like this, ' and then we begin to heal.

Author : Aileen J Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798689391342

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Im Not A Victim, I'm A Survivor by Aileen J Miller Pdf

Checkmate. A series of deliberate moves for the final take down. Are you prepared to read my chilling domestic violence story that left me and my unborn child fighting for our lives? The cold hard truth of that fateful night that will send ripples through the society I live and breath in every day? Escaped but still trapped holding on to every moment wondering if it will be my last. I didn't speak up. I was too ashamed; I didn't think that anyone would believe me, and I certainly didn't want to believe it myself. 5 years on and I'm finally emerging from the shadows in which I hid carrying an unspoken burden, the weight of the world on my shoulders.

Author : Tashia Marie
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781426984631

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Rape... Survivor Not Victim by Tashia Marie Pdf

Author : Marilyn Nissim-Sabat
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739139288

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Neither Victim nor Survivor by Marilyn Nissim-Sabat Pdf

In Neither Victim nor Survivor: Thinking toward a New Humanity, Marilyn Nissim-Sabat offers a comprehensive critique of the interrelated concepts of 'victim' and 'survivor' as they have been ideologically distorted in Western thought. Framed by the phenomenological perspective of Edmund Husserl, Nissim-Sabat carries out her argument through an intense engagement with current scholarly work on Toni Morrison's Beloved, Sophocles' Antigone, akrasia, psychoanalysis, critical race theory, feminist philosophy of science, and Marxism. Nissim-Sabat ultimately proposes that a new consciousness, enabled by the phenomenological attitude, of the way in which ideological distortion of the concepts of 'victim' and 'survivor' helps to perpetuate victimization will empower us to find ways to end victimization and its anti-human consequences. The book's interdisciplinary approach will make it appealing to a broad range of students and scholars alike.

Author : Bethel Sipe,Evelyn J. Hall
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781452263335

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I Am Not Your Victim by Bethel Sipe,Evelyn J. Hall Pdf

Detailing the domestic violence suffered by the first author during her 16 year marriage, this moving volume details the background and events leading up to and immediately following Beth Sipe's tragic act of desperation: ending the life of the perpetrator. Encouraged to publish her story by her therapist and co-author, Evelyn Hall, Sipe relates how her case was mishandled by the police, the military, a mental health professional and the welfare system, illustrating how women like herself are further victimized and neglected by the very systems that are expected to provide assistance. Her story is followed by seven commentaries by experts in the field. They discuss the causes and process of spousal abuse, reasons why battered women stay, and the dynamic consequences of domestic violence.

Author : Jen Sookfong Lee
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771643740

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Whatever Gets You Through by Jen Sookfong Lee Pdf

Personal stories of surviving after the trauma of sexual assault. In the era of #MeToo, we’ve become better at talking about sexual assault. But sexual assault isn’t limited to a single, terrible moment of violence: it stays with survivors, following them wherever they go. Through the voices of twelve diverse writers, Whatever Gets You Through offers a powerful look at the narrative of sexual assault not covered by the headlines—the weeks, months, and years of survival and adaptation that people live through in its aftermath. With a foreword by Jessica Valenti, an extensive introduction by editors Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee, and contributions from acclaimed literary voices such as Alicia Elliott, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Heather O’Neill, and Juliane Okot Bitek, the collection explores some of the many different forms that survival can take. From ice hockey to kink, boxing to tapestry-making, these striking personal essays address experiences as varied as the writers who have lived them. With candor and insight, each writer shares their own unique account of enduring: the everyday emotional pain and trauma, but also the incredible resilience and strength that can emerge in the aftermath of sexual assault. Contributors: Gwen Benaway Juliane Okot Bitek Elly Danica Amber Dawn Alicia Elliott Karyn Freedman Heather O’Neill Elisabeth de Mariaffi Lauren McKeon Soraya Palmer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Kai Cheng Thom

Author : Erin Moulton
Publisher : Zest Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781942186342

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Things We Haven't Said by Erin Moulton Pdf

Things We Haven’t Said is a powerful collection of poems, essays, letters, vignettes and interviews written by a diverse group of impressive adults who survived sexual violence as children and adolescents. Structured to incorporate creative writing to engage the reader and informative interviews to dig for context, this anthology is a valuable resource of hope, grit and honest conversation that will help teens tackle the topic of sexual violence, upend stigma and maintain hope for a better future. "There are days when I am less stardust than sawdust, less survivor than victim, but that does not mean that the reclamation of my own body is any less eternal.”–Jane Cochrane “How to describe the feeling of not being believed? It is the feeling of disappearing.”–Stephanie Oakes “I used to want to hurt you, to break you, to give you the sort of nightmares I still have so many years later.”–Melissa Marr “It’s so easy to say you’ll fight when it’s not happening to you. But then it was happening to me. And I locked up. My bones had all linked together and I was still.”–Bryson McCron

Author : Elly Danica
Publisher : Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Gynergy Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0921881053

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Don't by Elly Danica Pdf

"The book you are about to read is unlike anything that has ever been written. This is a courageous, exemplary book written by an extraordinary woman, an incest survivor. It is the story of a heroine who moves forward word by word, into her memory and into her story, and who risks it all with every sentence, every image. "Don't is a book that reminds us just how much sexual violence, whatever its form (incest, rape, pornography, flashing, verbal harassment), is not only a repeated assassination of our vitality, our dignity, and our creativity, but also a way for men to occupy our lives, in the same way one 'occupies' a country. "Elly Danica is without a doubt more a fighter than a survivor. She discovered within herself a way to find the thread and the colour of life. Day after day, she patiently wove her life together until the courage came to speak, and one day the strength to be able to write." - Nicole Brossard

Author : Chessy Prout,Jenn Abelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534414457

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I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout,Jenn Abelson Pdf

“A bold, new voice.” —People “A nuanced addition to the #MeToo conversation.” —Vice A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir. The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. This is the true story of one of those girls. In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. Paul’s School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court. Then, in the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice. This memoir is more than an account of a horrific event. It takes a magnifying glass to the institutions that turn a blind eye to such behavior and a society that blames victims rather than perpetrators. Chessy’s story offers real, powerful solutions to upend rape culture as we know it today. Prepare to be inspired by this remarkable young woman and her story of survival, advocacy, and hope in the face of unspeakable trauma.

Author : P. Wright
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781456738808

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No Longer a Victim: Poems from a Survivor by P. Wright Pdf

"No Longer A Victim: Poems From A Survivor"are Trice's personal expressions and feelings of hurt, hate, love, happiness, emptiness, and sadness after being molested by a relative as a child; these poems were written throughout her adolescent years. Trice's goal is to inspire others to write and/or talk about their abuse, instead of holding it in and letting it go. She wants other victims to know that they are not alone and they can become SURVIVORS too!

Author : Monika Korra
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804139632

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Kill the Silence by Monika Korra Pdf

In 2009, college sophomore and track star Monika Kørra was grabbed by three men on her way home from a party and brutally raped. Within hours of being released, Monika resolved that she would not be a victim – she was going to be a survivor. Monika had traveled from her home in Norway to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, determined to acclimate to life in the States and excited for the opportunity of a full scholarship to do what she loved. As an athlete and Olympic hopeful, Monika already knew how to train against extreme fatigue, soreness, and distraction. She was used to overcoming adversity, using obstacles like stepping stones to achieve her goals. Persistence and patience had always been her greatest tools. She would now have to use these same qualities to regain her self-identity and find a “new normal”. Stripped of her sense of security, she slowly rebuilds her life with the help of her friends, family, and her own unflappable spirit. Monika shares the inspiring combination of mental and physical work that gave her the strength to win her greatest fight yet: the court case against the three men who had attacked her. She testifies against them with confidence and a fierce determination that these men would never be able to hurt anyone else, securing a life sentence. Two of them received life, one with parole and one without parole for the worst of the three. A large percentage of sexual assaults – upwards of 80% for female college students, like Monika was – go unreported, and 15 of every 16 rapists go free. By sharing her story, Monika hopes to inspire others to come forward and tell their own stories without shame or fear. Kill the Silence is about one woman's journey to recover from trauma and a call to arms to break the stigma that surrounds violence against women.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459666887

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Lani's Story by Anonim Pdf

How one person can endure so much and then rise and be the incredible woman that she is today is a testament to how change comes from within. Lani reminds us how the spirit can fight, no matter how broken and bruised, to make a difference in this world.' Deborah Mailman. A confronting and compelling account of a young woman's journey from victim to survivor. Raised in an urban Aboriginal community in Sydney, Lani had a childhood filled with love but alcoholism in her family left its scars. By thirteen, she was in a cycle of drug and alcohol abuse herself. Then a relationship with a young man from her community trapped her in a situation that she almost didn't survive. Subjected to extreme physical and sexual violence at the hands of her partner, Lani finally knew she had only one choice: to leave him, or die. She escaped and got sober. But the past wouldn't leave her alone and she knew that to heal herself she had to speak out. Braving the police, the courts and her community, she stood up, determined to bring her abuser to justice.