My talk to The Region of Niagara Conference on Sexual Abuse of Men.
Mike Church
Registrant
I thought you all might like to hear about the talk I gave at this Conference. I was the Keynote Speaker the First Day. I am not looking for acolades at all. I am hoping that it might stimulate some of you further along the path to take action of this nature for the good of us all and bring a better understanding of our behaviours and coping strategies to those we sometimes come it contact with.
I thought I would share with you the outcome of my talk at the Conference. There were over 200 people there. They included represtentatives of several provincial police forces (read States) the RCMP and various groups related to the whole issue of Male Sexual Abuse. I talked for over any hour as outlined in my powerpoint. It was to give them insight into the shit that we go through and the risks we pose to ourselves and others and the damage we cause by not dealing with the assault/abuse over some time. In my case it was 40 years. I hid absoloutely nothing. I received and handled many questions from them and when I was finished I got a great round of applause.
To be honest I was scared shitless at first but it went away after about 15 seconds. I saw this as a great opportunity for information sharing. Whithout exception, those who talked to me afterwards, and there were a whole lot of people, told me that it was the greatest learning experience for them in this particular field. As well every policeman who talked to me afterwards told me that when they pick up someone for behavioural symptoms that seem to be either totally off the wall or unbelievable in a public setting with all the risks of being discovered and all that goes with that they will take a step back before running arresting and charging them in the off chance that they may be acting out or involved in a stupid fight or in fact may be crying out for help. They all told me it will definitely make them pause and thing a bit. For that I truly believe that my talk was definitely worthwhile
I thought I would share with you the outcome of my talk at the Conference. There were over 200 people there. They included represtentatives of several provincial police forces (read States) the RCMP and various groups related to the whole issue of Male Sexual Abuse. I talked for over any hour as outlined in my powerpoint. It was to give them insight into the shit that we go through and the risks we pose to ourselves and others and the damage we cause by not dealing with the assault/abuse over some time. In my case it was 40 years. I hid absoloutely nothing. I received and handled many questions from them and when I was finished I got a great round of applause.
To be honest I was scared shitless at first but it went away after about 15 seconds. I saw this as a great opportunity for information sharing. Whithout exception, those who talked to me afterwards, and there were a whole lot of people, told me that it was the greatest learning experience for them in this particular field. As well every policeman who talked to me afterwards told me that when they pick up someone for behavioural symptoms that seem to be either totally off the wall or unbelievable in a public setting with all the risks of being discovered and all that goes with that they will take a step back before running arresting and charging them in the off chance that they may be acting out or involved in a stupid fight or in fact may be crying out for help. They all told me it will definitely make them pause and thing a bit. For that I truly believe that my talk was definitely worthwhile
thnx jake