SOCSCI 2O03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sexual Dysfunction, Body Awareness, Neoteny
17 Jun 2016
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Sexual abuse of children as removal of clothing, sexual touching, or sexual relations between people who are different in age and power, both physically and psychologically. Page 17 - the reasons why boys are more reluctant than girls to disclose abuse. Boys are more inclined to conceal their hurts, the physical and emotional trauma of abuse is less visible in boys. If they reveal that they have been abused when they have previously shown no sign of it, they may be thought to be lying. Even when the aggressor is no longer present and no longer threatening, the anxiety implanted in the consciousness of his victim continues to do its work. Mothers declared they would their incestuous husbands, but nothing changed. Older brothers would warn a certain uncle not to start but they would not keep their word. Page 21 interview seen by respondents as liberating. Silence the perfect accomplice of those who abuse children.
