I’ve managed better than a lot of people, and it’s because I have been incredibly gifted with some of the best friends I could ever ask for.

I agree that it won’t end until humanity ensures it ends. I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but I don’t believe that will ever happen. It may be reduced, and I hope it is, but I don’t think it will ever go away. The most important thing is early and empathetic help. We need to be better as a society in reaching out to those that have been hurt and giving them all the support they need. This stretches well beyond sexual abuse, too. Mental health is something we are culturally just now embracing, and we need to be more proactive about it. We need to create safe spaces for those that need it before we know there are those that need it, lest we let those in truly difficult times endure the worst of it. We can do better. And while I don’t think it will ever end, I think we can do better about helping those in trouble. No one deserves it, and no one deserves to suffer because of it.