Sexual Abuse
What Life Patterns Protect Against Sexual Violence?
Research points to ten life patterns that reduce vulnerability and help protect women from sexual violence.
Jacob Z. Hess
March 30, 2026
Research points to ten life patterns that reduce vulnerability and help protect women from sexual violence.
Research shows sexual violence is more likely where women are isolated, unsupported, undereducated, unmarried, and surrounded by addiction.
Child safety hinges on relationships, routines, and accountability layers—not impassioned slogans or single-policy adjustments.
What the evidence says about porn exposure, delinquent peers, and impulsivity as repeated predictors of child victimization?
Beyond offenders, research points to enabling conditions that make abuse easier to commit and hide.
Political anger is pushing protests into worship spaces. What happens when the inside-outside line collapses?
The pain from religious violence that Latter-day Saints have experienced should inspire us to be better advocates for the religiously persecuted.
Why must sanctuary matter again? Violence pierced sacred space, yet renewal remains possible through mercy and clarity.
What should believers do amid extremism and grief? They choose peacemaking, refuse contempt, and honor every soul.
Did murder become a meme? Political hatred distorts compassion, but peacemaking offers hope.
Latter-day Saints are a notably peaceful people. What keeps their communities nonviolent?
Is Islam a Fundamentally Violent Religion? Extremist acts stem from political aims, with most Muslims opposing terror.