It’s the silence that traps them, encasing them in shame, self-loathing and sometimes fear.
The millions of American men who were molested when they were children — a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study estimates that it could be as high as 1 in every 6 men — hide what happened to them for years. They tell no one. But every so often, something happens to crack the silence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/molested-as-boys-silenced-by-shame-as-adults/2016/05/02/72d5cbd6-107c-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html
The millions of American men who were molested when they were children — a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study estimates that it could be as high as 1 in every 6 men — hide what happened to them for years. They tell no one. But every so often, something happens to crack the silence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/molested-as-boys-silenced-by-shame-as-adults/2016/05/02/72d5cbd6-107c-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html