There actually are some good, thoughtful comments that indicate, to me, that it is not just a bunch of old folks here bemoaning technology.

I agree. It is really difficult for human beings to look at and see this kind of abuse of power - especially child sexual abuse.

Thank you for your thoughts. I’m a little confused by your last sentence as well. Sometimes women or children just cannot speak up at the time. They just cannot. I think they should be allowed to speak up and say me too when they are able?

Texting is nothing like a conversation. Especially for children. Group texts are often sources of bullying, sexual harassment, and even hate crimes. This happens in middle school as well as high school. Texts and DMs are one of the major ways that our children start communicating with strangers on the Internet and…

The “just for fun” checking your son’s friends’ mom were discussing is a bit twisted, but, unfortunately, monitoring your child’s cell/Internet usage is absolutely not the same thing as listening in on our talking on the phone back in the day and it is very important that we check their texts. This is pretty standard…

Dang, he was so pretty back then. He looks like a grown up now. And I like the gray hair.

Maybe this kind of maternal originated in the mother trying to parent a vulnerable, mentally ill child?

She’s not a defense lawyer. She is a personal injury lawyer.

Over the years he had apologized to some of the women, privately, as best he could.

You may not be ready to read these stories and that is perfectly fine and very understandable. I hope that you have found some sort of support for where you are right now - other than keeping your therapist and darn it can be expensive but if you have found a therapist that you really like and helps you, that is…

I may be missing something in what you wrote but I know plenty of people who complain about the way Muslim men treat women, including myself and my friends who are Muslim women. What am I missing here?

Health care professionals don’t do very well with issues of domestic abuse or perpetrators of violence so probably shouldn’t be in the loop here.

There are a lot of intelligent, articulate and not-rabid comments in this post including the grays. There is a lot of knowledge of what trauma does to children/people, and the dynamics of child sexual abuse and abuse of power here in this post that “regular” people need to know about. There is a question I have that I…

Preach it.

Another current (can you have more than one current?) is that child sexual abuse is different from adult sexual harassment and rape in many, many ways.

Lovely comment.

He should keep talking, absolutely, as best he can, whether he gets “educated” about the issue or not. He may not be able to learn anything new about it. He appears very damaged.

I feel the same way about Allen. The story was worked on by both. Ronan problems getting it published and he went to The New Yorker.

You are not using the word hatchet job correctly. Hatchet job is a perjorative. Ronan Farrow did a great piece of investigative journalism. I admire him and I admire your username.

What trauma does to human beings. Children.