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The Silence I Learned to Carry: Real Talk From a Male Survivor of Sexual Abuse

Roughly one in six men in the United States experience sexual abuse before age 18, yet many never disclose their abuse because of stigma and rigid expectations about masculinity. As a survivor, I learned early that being a boy, and later a man, meant burying fear, sadness and vulnerability.

The Silence I Learned to Carry: Real Talk From a Male Survivor of Sexual Abuse

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