Sentences with phrase «sexual abuse situation»

«After all,» she wrote in an e-mail, «tonic immobility is designed to activate when there is contact with a predator (akin to the sexual abuse situation).

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To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).
It would cost to take a stand against these very prominent leaders, despite the fact that the situation we were dealing with is widely recognized as one of the worst, if not the worst, instances of evangelical cover - up of sexual abuse.
Survivors have spoken out about pervasive abuse or sexual misconduct situations with Sovereign Grace Ministries, Vision Forum, Jesus People USA, the Bill Gothard Ministry, Bob Jones University, Patrick Henry College, Pensacola Christian College, and several missions organizations.
Mercy Canada is a non-profit residential home for young women, ages 19 - 28, from diverse socio - economic situations, struggling with life - controlling issues such as drug & alcohol abuse, physical & sexual abuse, human trafficking, eating disorders, self - harm, depression, and unplanned pregnancy.
He spoke movingly of how he had first had to come to terms with these questions when reporting on sexual abuse of minors in a Protestant missionary agency, and how the past year's reporting on the Catholic situation had posed for him painful ethical dilemmas with respect to issues of confidentiality, perspective, and the dangers of playing to stereotypes.
You can't always predict the way you will respond to various situations when you're a sexual abuse survivor.
The agency determined the child's living situation constituted sexual molestation and risk of harm, but Einhorn quickly ruled out sexual abuse and framed the case around whether the boy was being used to serve his mother's needs, potentially at his expense.
Ithaca College President Shirley Collado is again facing questions about past accusations of sexual abuse from nearly 20 years ago, and says she's unhappy having to relive the pain of the situation.
In 1999, Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, cast him as real - life adult filmmaker Artie Mitchell in the made - for - cable feature Rated X — a daring role, given Mitchell's drug abuse and sexual promiscuity — and the following year, Sheen became Hollywood's comeback kid when he was cast in the leading role of the popular situation comedy Spin City after the departure of actor Michael J.
The film has nudity, squirmy sexual situations, sexual violence, graphic violence, strong language and drug and alcohol abuse, and damn if I didn't keep watching.»
Parents should know that this movie includes very explicit sexual references and situations, sexual harassment, extensive nudity, sex toys and issues of bondage and submission, very strong language, peril including a gun and a helicopter crash, and spouse and child abuse.
Ratings note: The film contains sexual situations, nudity, strong language, substance abuse and violence.
Dylan Farrow's Open Letter About Sexual Abuse: There's no forgetting that Dylan Farrow accused Woody Allen of molesting her back in 1992, but now the issue is front and center again because in the midst of Allen's awards season run with «Blue Jasmine,» Farrow published an open letter in the New York Times recounting the whole situation.
Parents should know that this film includes constant very strong and crude language, sexual references and situations, nudity, drinking, drugs, smoking, and violence, including domestic abuse.
Ratings note: The film contains strong language, sexual situations, brief nudity, substance abuse and violence.
Rated R for graphic nudity / strong sexual situations, substance abuse throughout and some language
Parents should know that this is the true story of firefighters with a lot of peril and many sad deaths, some strong language, sexual references (some crude) and situations, pregnancy, drinking, and some drug use and references to substance abuse.
Saint Laurent Rated R for graphic nudity / strong sexual situations, substance abuse throughout and some language Available on DVD and Blu - ray In French and English with English subtitles The life of the famous French designer Yves Saint Laurent is explored in this graphic but beautifully produced biopic.
A recent alleged sexual child abuse situation at a Los Angeles Unified school has many school leaders thinking about how to ensure they have strong systems in place to protect students and how to have an open conversation with their parents and a healthy environment.
As a moving - image memoir and deeply disturbing confessional, First Person Plural covers the years 1984 to 1996 when Hershman Leeson was grappling with her emotional scars and the psychological blowback from a childhood of physical and sexual abuse, followed by a period in her life as a battered wife who, with her daughter, eventually found the courage to walk away from that situation.
As a way to combat sexual abuse and violence, the county council of Lincolnshire, England has created a safe way for victims to safely get out of a potentially serious situation.
Sexual harassment can be an embarrassing situation and victims are often afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation and further abuse.
In this situation, employers may want to consider asking employees for representations both that the employee has not asserted and has no knowledge of any such claims and that the agreement is therefore not a settlement of such claims, but still including an express release of sexual harassment and sexual abuse claims in the release provision of the agreement.
We must watch and see whether other courts follow the lead of Justice Lederer, particularly in the situation more commonly seen where the deceased person is not the alleged sexual abuse victim as in Fox v. Narine, but rather the alleged wrongdoer.
We have helped hundreds of survivors of sexual abuse, whether it was an isolated incident or a long - term situation.
The situation was radically changed when Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd [2002] 1 AC 215, [2001] 2 All ER 769 decided that sexual abuse was not necessarily outside the scope of an employment.
Sometimes it is difficult to identify the signs of sexual abuse, especially in very young children who can not relay information about the situation to the parents.
The Court found the College's code relating to sexual abuse was not meant to apply to situations where the sexual relationship began before the professional relationship, and therefore the Panel failed to ask itself the right questions in considering Dr. Leering's conduct.
Over many decades, the attorneys who comprise Ropes & Gray's Sexual Misconduct & Workplace Harassment practice have successfully represented many academic and cultural institutions, healthcare and social service providers, and religious organizations in sensitive situations, including claims of sexual abuse in numerous high - profile maSexual Misconduct & Workplace Harassment practice have successfully represented many academic and cultural institutions, healthcare and social service providers, and religious organizations in sensitive situations, including claims of sexual abuse in numerous high - profile masexual abuse in numerous high - profile matters.
The JCTS2F has 10 items that measure respondents» experiences of abuse in IPV situations and five subscales: psychological aggression, physical assault, injury, sexual coercion, and negotiation.
If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, phobias, PTSD (trauma experience), bereavement, sexual / physical / emotional abuse, or marriage problems there is help for you and your situation
Matters discussed include couple issues, relationship breakdown, parenting, domestic violence, anxiety, depression, grief, sexual issues, childhood sexual abuse, stress and conflict in various situations including work related conflicts.
Traumatic events involve situations where a person's life has been threatened or severe injury has occurred such as a car accident, a bad fall, a hospital operation, a natural disaster like a flood, fire or cyclone, or being the victim or witness of violence such as physical and sexual abuse.
She also provides coaching sessions for other traumatic situations such as school shootings and emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.
Fact: «On the basis of research that has been conducted so far, it is difficult to support an assertion that there are high rates of false allegations of sexual abuse consciously made by mothers in divorce situations
My areas of expertise include play therapy, expressive arts therapy, domestic violence, sexual abuse, anger management, grief, ADHD, self - harm, LGBTQ populations, dealing with divorce issues and on a case by case situations court advocacy and testimony.
Play Therapy can be used to treat: - Depression - Anxiety - Social difficulties - Bullying - Divorcing parents - Academic decline - Nightmares / disturbed sleep - Physical illness - Sexual abuse - Trauma - Sibling tension / stress - Many other life situations!
Dr. Brams maintained that this syndrome is particularly common in cases of child custody and in situations where there are allegations of sexual abuse within the family.
Fortunately, those who experience sexual abuse in marriage are gaining more support, but it can still be very difficult to speak up or to remove yourself from the abusive situation.
A narcissistic / (borderline) parent will induce or elicit false allegations from the child of sexual abuse victimization by the other parent as a means to exploit these child allegations to achieve power over the situation and the other parent.
These cases would include situations where there is sexual abuse of children, violence against the mother, or such high conflict between the parents that continued contact is toxic for the child.
It is very important that we know prior to the Intensive if there are any personality disorders, physical or mental health related diagnoses, physical abuse or addictions (drug, alcohol, sexual) past or present so that we can determine if our program will be successful in your current situation.
On - going trauma such as long - term sexual abuse, physical violence, or chronic illness that required painful medical treatments are examples of situations that can cause complex trauma and can even cause Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD).
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