According to Dawn, the woman who was a victim of sexual abuse during childhood, what are some of the reasons why no-one helped her?
What will be an ideal response?
Her mother be quite violent when she was angry, so maybe her mom saw her stepfather's violence as acceptable.
She lived in a very small town where it was just not acceptable to make waves, and the issue of abuse was only
beginning to become public. She once told her best friend's mother, and the mother became irate and accused her of
horrific lies, so she nevermentioned it again. Also, her stepfather was respected in the community. He was from the
largest family in town, taught Sunday school, and was a Boy Scout leader.
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