Aging and Elder Sexual Abuse

Aging and Elder Sexual Abuse

Elder abuse is an intentional or negligent act by a caregiver or another person that causes harm or serious risk of harm to an older adult, typically aged 60 or older. It manifests in various forms, including physical abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, and sexual abuse. The intersection of age with disability,…

Religious Sexual Violence

Religious Sexual Violence

Religious sexual violence, sometimes referred to as clergy abuse, is any act of sexual violence perpetrated by a religious leader. There are thousands of religions in the world, making it difficult to gauge the prevalence of religious sexual abuse. However, a few studies have attempted to estimate the rate of sexual abuse in a handful…

Intersectionality

Intersectionality

What is intersectionality? 1-4 Intersectionality is a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, a prominent Black feminist scholar and civil rights activist. She defines intersectionality as,  as “a metaphor for understanding the ways that multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage sometimes compound themselves and create obstacles that often are not understood among conventional ways of thinking.”…