Sherri Shepherd

Realizing that the majority of kids that get molested feel that it is their fault, along with shame, those kids have no idea what to say or do to try to report anything, and add that with the lack of education, it is a complete recipe for disaster that leads to non-reporting of molestation.

American Entertainer

Jane Campion

I did this Super-8 film at art school called 'Tissues,' this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.

New Zealander Director

Calamity Jane

It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.

American Celebrity

Maya Angelou

At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn't speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn't speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family.

American Poet

Jon Porter

We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country have as much information as available because I cannot imagine the pain as a parent myself of having my child molested by someone in our schools.

American Politician

Jonathan Davis

I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff.

American Musician

Babu Antony

I never agree to do a character that molests a woman. I have been very conscious not to do such roles. I believe that even a villain should have character, which people can remember.

Indian Actor

Louise Slaughter

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

Tatum O'Neal

When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.

American Actress

Robin Quivers

I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything.

Using 'molest' implies a grave criminal offense that is deeply distressing for the victim.

Serious Crime

Avoid using 'molest' casually, as it can be shocking due to its association with sexual abuse.

Avoid Casual Use

The term is often found in legal contexts related to improper sexual conduct charges.

Legal Context

This sense of 'molest' indicates annoyance rather than harm, used mostly in exaggerated expressions.

Less Intense

Sometimes used to describe being pestered by insects or animals in a natural setting.

Natural Annoyance

Even in less serious contexts, 'molest' can sound dramatic or humorous due to its other meanings.

Emotional Impact

Using 'molest' about cultural sites suggests distress about disrespect to heritage.

Cultural Sensitivity

Implies tangible intrusion, often resulting in damage or defacement of property.

Physical Interference

This sense is less common today but appears in historical or academic texts.

Historical Usage

 I lived with an alcoholic father who beat me and molested me, and it was all inside that. And always as a child I had this fantasy that somebody would come and rescue me. And I actually made up a little character whose name was Mr. Alligator. I would call him up when things got really bad, and say it was time to come and pick me up.

Finding happiness in...

 who described growing up, being molested my her own father. And I had friends open up to me about experiences ranging from those that happened last week to those that happened years ago, that I'd had no idea about. And the more we started to receive these messages, the more we also started to receive messages of hope --

How we talk about sexual...

 and regulators stepped in much earlier than the regulators now, who would never step in on those nice, nice people. I'm about to get on a plane tonight, and I'm going to have a guy named Roy from TSA molest me. If I am suspected of a DUI on the way home, I can have blood taken from my person.

How Amazon, Apple,...

 correct answer or stomach invalidate either of the two previous answers remember folks who are coming to live this is happening live in the wilderness she is being almost seems like she's being molested right now live on TV he is very interested and what's noticeable

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 For decades, I kept being the victim of molestation at the hands of a babysitter a secret. I submitted to this under the threat of my younger sister being harmed. I was seven, she was three. I believed it was my responsibility to keep her safe.

How I unlearned...

 a spoken word artist an entrepreneur and a creator most importantly she was a thriver she had suffered emotional abuse and molestation abandonment and violence in her family yet she had learned to heal herself by realizing and concluding

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 and I have to tell you, there was always this moment where the women shared with me that particular moment when she separated from her body -- when she left home. I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas,

Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...

 Now, I've spent the last 27 years of my life in India, lived in three small towns, two major cities, and I've had several experiences. When I was seven, a private tutor who used to come home to teach me mathematics molested me.

Meera Vijayann: Find...

 if it's spiritual it's a lie everything he says everything he says unaware of any tension Lakeisha takes the chance to embrace the man accused of molesting her wayne bent declares that he'll stop eating if he's found guilty

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 inmates have a strict hierarchy for sex offenders with rapists at the top and the men who have molested small children at the bottom they're known as homos in jailhouse

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