I am so sorry that happened to you Alexandra. I agree with you that words do matter.
I think you also bring up another very important point that it is easy to jump to conclusions regarding men. There are a lot of false allegations that are sadly destroying people's lives. I've seen it in foster care many times. I think we have to be careful that when we do say something we are sure about what we are saying. Having said that for far too long society have ignored children who were being abused and did nothing. When I was at school I was told that things like that doesn't happen in country schools but they do, or that things like that don't happen to kids in our community, yet they did. Lives damaged forever by the impact of abuse, breaks my heart thinking about it.
Nobody stood up for the children and that is why now we have to investigate every accusation and every concern raised by a child to ensure that we can keep children safe.
When children are abused their innocence is destroyed, it stays with them forever affecting the soul and spirit in so many ways. I hope that somehow those affect by abuse can heal and yet I know the pain of that never goes away. You are brave Alexandra for having the courage to stand up for your convictions on a forum and say it like it is.
