The policies are backed by research. child sexual abuse is well-studied and there is plenty of research and policy work out there. The public needs to be educater - and somehow that deep denial dealt with.

I’ve just started a book called The Trauma Myth that delves into your kind of reaction/experience and how we as a society could change our reactions. On the other hand, my 13 year old daughter has severe chronic pain, mental illness and two suicide attempts due to being sexually molested by her father.

I’ve heard a California judge, well commissioner, argue that alcohol must have been involved in the rape of a child and the man was surely sorry about what he’d done.

a judge who minimizes rape, child pornography and domestic violence cannot be allowed to get close to a family law court.

Isn’t family law part of civil court? So, he’ll be able to serious damage to women and children while protecting rapists and child abusers.