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My Name Is Anneke Lucas & I Was a Sex Slave to Europe’s Elite at Age 6

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://www.globalcitizen.org/content/anneke-lucass-harrowing-tale-of-sex-trafficking-am/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=global&utm_campaign=general-content&linkId=32537951 Click on the above link for this painful and harrowing – also wonderful – piece from Anneke. This piece is remarkable in so many ways: for the fact that a human being – a child – can survive such … Continue reading →

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Gabor Maté on what becomes of the desolate child

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘Paul Gillespie still can’t get used to the sounds of crying and pain in the graphic videos of children being raped and molested that he has seen all too often on the Web. “It’s beyond horrible to listen to the … Continue reading →

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Your Sexuality: Ask & Tell: Alyssa Royse at TEDxRainier

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Forthright and sensible TED talk from Alyssa, making some valuable points about sexuality and the toxicity of sexual shame, backed up with a few hard-hitting statistics. She defines ‘sex’ as ‘a consensual act between adults, and gives focus to consent … Continue reading →

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Laci Green on Sexual Objectification

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Thanks Monica, for your post and link to Laci on You Tube. Liking what Laci has to say on this important and relevant theme, about the embedded sexual objectification (especially of women) that runs through our cultures, and how harmful … Continue reading →

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A Letter to my Son about Porn: Harriet Pawson & Cindy Gallop for TED

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

A Letter to my Son about Porn: Harriet Pawson & Cindy Gallop for TED Thanks to Katheryn Trenshaw on Facebook for this link. I have today updated this post in a few respects (1 May 2015). The direct path is … Continue reading →

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