Sherna Benjamin

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Elie Wies Abuse in any form is a crime against an individuals human right, abuse is not isolated to one gender, ethnicity, country, social class, or religious persuasion and because of the magnitude of abuse the victims live in fear, shame, and guilt for years before they break the silence and sad to say some die with this unspoken wound. This secret but blatant crime strips the individual emotionally, physically, physiologically, sexually, financially, and the scars remain as an evidence of the abuse.