Legal Remedies for Sexual Abuse Victims

Every year, millions of men, women, and children across the United States experience some sort of sexual abuse or harassment. Criminal laws in our country are designed to hold wrongdoers accountable for their unlawful conduct by forcing them into prison, requiring them to register as sex offenders, and requiring perpetrators to pay substantial files. Although…

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What is Consent?

Consent is agreeing, or giving permission, to do something. In Medicine, a physician and patient discuss an upcoming surgery, so the patient can give informed consent to proceed. The patient knows exactly what the surgery will entail and can make an informed decision to agree to the procedure. Consent also plays a role in participating…

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Monsees & Mayer Is Trauma Trained!

Thanks to Victoria Pickering (Director of Advocacy) & Tyler Lumpkin (Coordinator of Education) from MOCSA (Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault), we took our commitment to helping victims and survivors of sexual abuse to a new level. To improve the work we do with survivors on a regular basis, we needed to make sure our…

Filing a Civil Lawsuit against Your Abuser

Approximately 27% of women and 12% of men have experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact at some point in their life. These alarming numbers demonstrate just how big a problem sexual abuse is in our country. Approximately 80% of abused children suffer from depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, or other types of psychiatric disorder.…