Recent content by song22

Wow. There's a few sleuthing opportunities from the KWWL facebook page comments. Some people mentioning boyfriends "fishing at Meyers Lake that day" or ex husbands who used to camp at 7 Bridges--they kind of innocently throw these things out there. Some people are asking KWWL to monitor the...

If her mother conned her about being sick--that is abuse. It's medical abuse. Of course Gypsy was abused.

The Duggars seem to me to be doing a version of DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim and offender) which is a well-known phenomenon that abusers use to avoid accountability. In this case, it hasn't been Josh who's used this technique, but the parents who have used a form of DARVO on the media...

Oh, I'm sorry you have struggled with some of this. I hope that you have not misread my post to mean I don't think it is sexual abuse. I'm pretty sure you are saying that the posts validates that it was. It's definitely sexual abuse, even if it felt good or wasn't terrifying. This is...

I want to say something here that might make some people feel really uncomfortable, but I think it's important to talk about, because it is another relaity of sexual abuse that is overlooked and not wellunderstood by most people. One of the things that can make sexual abuse so confusing for...

No. There are different kinds of sexual abuse, just as there are different kinds of physical abuse, but it is all called abuse and that's OK. It is very, very common for victims/survivors of abuse to do this kind of comparison and feel like they are making too big of a deal about their own...

Also, what is up with the photograph of that woman LEO that Fox put up on the screen during the interview? The implication I got was that this woman has a personal vendetta against the Duggars. They said she refused to shake Josh's hand and said she wasn't ready to retire because she "had a few...

That video of JB and Michelle acting sexual in front of their courting kids was really weird and a red flag for me regarding JB. He was hyping up his own sexuality in front of his kids in a pretty exhibitionist way--like, Hey look at me I'm so virile and turn my wife on and here's what I do (dry...

Yes! This. They are a part of a dysfunctional system. In so many families like this, the victims will defend the perpetrator all the way. I have experienced this first hand, where the person who is abusive in the family becomes the center and everyone rallies around them. It's very common in...

The religious right in this country is so twisted, always claiming that they are the victims. Take sexual abuse and turn it into Christians being victimized by people with an "agenda." More cries of persecution. And Michelle was totally unrepentant of her robocalls about trangender people...

I think for me, what I look for in people who take responsibility and really own up to their behavior is the appropriate language for one thing. I wish JD and MD and JBD would have said, "12 years ago when JD was 14 and then into the age of 15, he sexually abused four of his sisters and a family...

http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/iowa-driver-pulled-over-by-suspected-police-impersonator-20150529 Highly doubtful that something like this happened, because you'd think a witness would have seen--but it still made me think of possibilities.

I really appreciate all the kind words of support and encouragement on this thread. There are some really kind people on websleuths and I recognize many of you on this thread in particular, so I felt like it was a relatively safe space to share my story. Hugs and support to everyone who has...

I was sexually abused by my 14 year old step-brother when I was 9. It was the exact same kind of sexual abuse--middle of the night visits and fondling. I lived in a home that was chaotic. My mother and my stepfather were constantly fighting, my stepfather was alcoholic and abusive and especially...

Just a follow-up. I did email the tip line again and they assured me that they had followed up--they said they can't say what was done, but that they did take it seriously, so that's good.