Brief Episode Summary: 

Let’s be honest! Fear Sells…Though “We Have Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself” as expressed by former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. With it, many populations can be moved to dutifully carry out its bidding, resulting in the emotional imprisonment of its victims, exacting a sentence which can span a lifetime. The successful selling of “the great lie”, that victims of sexual abuse stand to lose more, perhaps everything, by bringing their sexual traumas into the light, is the singularly most potent weapon sexual predators possess! It’s the breaking of the silence, they fear the most!  #fearsells #darkness #lie #emotionalimprisonment #victims #sentence #greatlie #sexualabuse #sexualtraumas #predators #silence #ECHOES #preservation #GraceofGod #survivors #healing #pain #internaldestruction #womensurvivors #psychologicalimplications #physical #emotionalabuse #NEVERAGAIN #NOMORE #isolation #sexualfunctioning #predator #victim #sexualassault #purpose #lifepurpose #wholeman 

Key Topics:

• As the contributors to Robert Maxwell's book ECHOES recounted the real life sexual abuse they encountered, they could have "cleaned it up" OR tell it like it was (and still is). The contributors are "real" and so are their accounts! 
• Women survivors of sexual abuse are more likely to share their pain with support groups, enhancing the path to healing while males internalize their pain, becoming the perpetrators of their own internal destruction. Why is this?
• How pervasive is sexual abuse between young men and boys and a loving mother figure who is alternately their lover. What is the long term psychological implication for these young men and boys?
• What are some of the impacts of childhood physical and emotional abuse on boys and why is it that women tend to dominate the messaging? 
• The phrase “NEVER AGAIN” when associated with the holocaust means just that…NEVER AGAIN regarding the atrocities that were committed against the Jewish people in WW2. One of the contributors to the book “ECHOES” has his own way of stating never again as he recounts what he experienced…”NO MORE!” What’s his story?  
• Sexual trauma doesn’t occur in isolation. It has a significant influence on the sexual functioning of many, whether predator or victim and it can carry on for years. What are some of the ways it affects those who were touched by sexual assault 
• Everyone on the planet should have a purpose…their life purpose. Notwithstanding that everyone’s purpose is unique, in one area of crucial importance, all men should aspire to living the purpose of the whole man!       

Resources

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