SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sibling Abuse, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse
9 Mar 2018
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Child, sibling, parent and elder abuse and social change. No o(cid:374)e resear(cid:272)hes si(cid:271)li(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d pare(cid:374)t a(cid:271)use (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it does(cid:374)"t get reported or resear(cid:272)h. Child abuse and social change: personal interventions, counselling, family systems approach: the whole family gets counselled as a family u(cid:374)it. You"re sitti(cid:374)g there (cid:449)ith your pare(cid:374)t (cid:449)ho is an abuser. You have to go in a car and live with this parent after. You won"t do too much talking because they have financial, physical and emotional power over you. These therapists care about keeping the family together, regardless if it re- victimizes the victim. The victim sits there and hears what they have done to deserve the abuse because the adult has (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol i(cid:374) this situatio(cid:374) : feminists therapy: only concerned about the victim. Want to protect the victim: reconstructive approach: family systems with feminist approach. When you are abused as a kid, you blame your mom as the real problem.
