Visible Silence is a non-profit organization that addresses the issues of sexual abuse in the African-American community. Our goal is to be able to provide counseling and information to those directly and indirectly affected by sexual abuse.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
In the first rape experience of female victims, perpetrators were reported to be intimate partners (30.4%), family members (23.7%), and acquaintances (20%). -Center for Disease Control and Prevention Website
In the first rape experience of male victims, perpetrators were reported to be acquaintances (32.3%), family members (17.7%), friends (17.6%), and intimate partners (15.9%). -Center for Diease Control and Prevention Website
Men As Rape Victims: Obama Administration Expands Definition Of Sex Crime
“The new definition counts men as victims for the first time and drops the requirement that victims must have physically resisted their attackers.”
