Dr. John A. King argues that men are discouraged from speaking about sexual abuse and trafficking. This silence forces them to bottle trauma, which harms their spouses and children. He calls for spaces where men can discuss these experiences without losing their masculinity.
You understand, man, if you're sitting around a dinner table, you can talk about the horrendous thing that is sexual abuse and trafficking of women, but you can't talk about it as a man. No one wants to hear your shit. They don't want to talk about it. We're supposed to hold our shit together. And there's a whole bunch of men out there, millions and millions of men that have no voice and no place. And the problem is that, is as they bottle that up, they're hurting their wives and their kids. And so we've got to be able to have this conversation and not feel like you're cashing in your man card. Yeah.
