No More Berks County

No More Berks County

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Naming Names

The op ed piece written by Dylan Farrow about her adopted father has many people talking. If you haven't seen the piece, you can read it here.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dylan-farrow-details-woody-allen-sexual-abuse-letter-article-1.1599132

In this piece, she details the abuse she endured at the hands of her adopted father. As expected, Allen shot back with rhetoric of parental alienation and blamed his ex wife for everything. However, the cat was out of the bag so to speak and Dylan has inspired and empowered other abuse victims to come forward.

A piece written in Ms. Magazine challenges survivors to break the silence by naming names and confronting their abusers.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2014/02/10/childhood-sex-abuse-silence-equals-shame/

Can you imagine if children in Berks County named their abusers publicly? What about if they began to name those who had enabled said abusers??? Who would be named?

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