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Are You A Male Sexual Abuse Survivor? The Ministry of Justice Wants to Hear From You

24 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Natasha in Consultation

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The MOJ website tells us this morning that it would like to give male sexual abuse survivors the chance to have their say on the kind of support they would like to receive. 

The government has recently committed £500,000 to the first fund of its kind to help male victims of rape and sexual abuse. The MOJ want you to tell them how you’d like them to spend it.

The news story also tells us that the MOJ are interested in hearing from friends and family of survivors, charities and support groups too, the more views the better.

We are also told that this effort is in conjunction with a social media campaign the government started in February this year called #breakthesilence. The campaign is, as you might imagine, designed to raise awareness of the fund and to encourage survivors to speak out. We think this is a brilliant campaign and we hope you’ll join in and show your support.

If you want to share your views, you can do so here. The dialogue closes on 13th July…..

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The Secret To A Happy Marriage? Get Divorced.

24 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Natasha in Research

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The Telegraph reports this morning that what is in fact the longest relationship study ever conducted comes to what some might feel is a controversial conclusion – those in second marriages are far more likely to stand the test of time.

Professor George Vaillant, who ran The Grant Study for over 45 years, (as part of a project which spanned more than seventy and which tracked the lives of over 240 men), found evidence to suggest that marriage improves with age, especially after 70, that many people trapped in unhappy marriages during middle age were successfully able to turn their marriages around, and that many of those who divorced went on to form happy marriages that lasted several decades.

The study even suggests that it’s not necessarily the second marriage which leads to marital longevity. It can even be the fourth or fifth…..

The study also found that men who had a warm relationship with their father were more likely to make good husbands.

Interestingly, those from what we call broken homes or who had experienced traumatic childhoods were no less likely to sustain a stable and happy marriage than those from stable homes.

After weighing up all of the data, Professor Vailant comes to the conclusion that many of those who divorced had ended up happier than those who stayed in troubled unions.

What is the study really saying then? We think it’s quite obvious -it’s all about timing and relationships, like everything in life.

The article is worth a read. It offers interesting stats from the study and more.

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