April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is sexual assault awareness month. It's never to early to start planning what your community is going to do to honor those who have already been victimized, and to start educating those who need to learn more. 

Watch the following videos on this link and get inspired.  Then send the information about your event to The Awareness Center and we might be able to include information about the events you're planning on our web page.

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, The Awareness Center is providing the following songs and movie clips available on the internet that are about child sexual abuse, incest and sexual assault. 

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From the movie "NUTS" a scene about incest



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Here's a clip of the movie "Sybil".  The story of a woman with a multiple personality disorder.




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Sinead O'Conner speaking out about clergy sexual abuse on Saturday Night Live

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Kris Kristofferson's song about Sinead O'Conner speaking out about clergy sexual abuse.


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"Play me backwards"  Joan Baez's song about child sexual abuse / ritual abuse





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"Hell is for Children" - Pat Benatar's song about child abuse




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"Luka", a song about physical abuse of children by Suzanne Vega



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This song is about Domestic Violence and not sexual abuse. The thing is that marital rape is a sex crime so I'm including this song for that reason. It's by Tracy Chapman

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Here's another song, which is by the Carpenters. It's not directly about child abuse, yet eludes to it.
Karen Carpenter singing - "Bless the Beast and the Children"

 

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I won't be "Nuts" for you!

The following clip is  from the film "Nuts", which starred Barbara Streisand.

It's important to remember that, one out of every 3-5 women and one out of every 5-7 men have been sexually abuse by the time they turned 18.

For those of you who don't remember the movie, it came out in 1987 and is about incest. The Awareness Center strongly suggests that everyone who cares to help those who have been sexually abused as children to go to your local video store and rent it. 

We are sure that many incest survivors and others who were sexually violated as children will be able to relate and may find it empowering to watch, to see for themselves that they are not alone, that others have felt exactly the same and they have a right NOT to be "Nuts". The insanity belongs only to those who perpetrate crimes against children (and adults) and those who are actively involve in covering up these types of criminal behaviors.

WARNING: this clip could be triggering to some. So if you want to watch, please do so during the day when you can access your support people if you feel the need to do so.