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What about the men & boys who have been sexually abused?

Rejected submission by realDonaldTrump at 2018-04-25 04:38:39
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"They admire the women speaking out about traumatic experiences as assault and harassment victims, while wondering whether men with similar scars will ever receive a comparable level of public empathy and understanding.

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According to one large-scale study published in 2005 by researchers with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, female perpetrators accounted for 40 percent of the child sexual abuse experienced by men. The study found that both men and women who were abused as children were twice as likely as other people to attempt suicide later in life." foxnews.com/us/2018/04/19/some-male-sexual-assault-victims-feel-left-behind-by-metoo.html [foxnews.com]


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