Horace Mann Sex Abuse Victims Encouraged To Call Hotline And Come Forward Anonymously
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Click here to read “Horace Mann Sex Abuse Victims Encouraged To Call Hotline And Come Forward Anonymously” from The Huffington Post on June 12, 2012.

In the wake of a shocking New York Times Magazine story alleging a series of prominent teachers at the prestigious Horace Mann School had sexually abused students, Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announced on Tuesday the start of a special hotline to encourage those who have either been victims of sexual abuse or have knowledge of past assaults to come forward anonymously.

Psychoanalysts of the Left and Far Left in the United States: A Fascinating Informal Talk by Arnold Richards, M.D. on June 28, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
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San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

444 Natoma Street

San Francisco, CA  94103

Dear [Members] [Candidates] [Community Members] of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis,

You are invited to attend a special presentation by Arnold Richards, M.D., former Editor of Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and current editor of the cutting edge website, www.Internationalpsychoanalysis.net.  Dr. Richards will speak on his current research on Psychoanalysts of the Left and Far Left in the United States.  A surprising list of influential psychoanalysts in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and elsewhere in the U.S. were members of the Communist Party or were closely affiliated with political movements of the Left.

Arnie’s views on intellectual history and politics are fascinating and profound. In addition to his editorial work, his plenary lectures at the American Psychoanalytic Association and elsewhere, and his many publications, he is especially known for his work on Extenders, Modifiers, and Heretics in Psychoanalytic Theory and on the Politics of Exclusion in Psychoanalysis.

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Humiliation, Shame and Fear
By Categories: Editorials

Click here to read: “Humiliation, Shame and Fear” by Andrew Rosenthal from The New York Times on June 11, 2012.

On this first day of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial, the prosecutor, Joseph McGettigan, put the following words up on a screen: humiliation, shame and fear. Those are the reasons it almost always takes a long time for abused children to come forward, if they ever do, perhaps especially boys raped by older men.