1st Edition
Childhood Sexual Experiences Narratives of Resilience
220 Pages
by
CRC Press
220 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The issue of Childhood Sexual Experiences (CSEs) is highly controversial, and has generated considerable disagreement and conflict. Such experiences are often framed as child sexual abuse (CSA) within a discourse of child maltreatment. Sexual activity between adults and young children is indeed abuse, and fully merits the moral stance taken by therapists, health professionals and society. However,... Read more
Childhood sexual experiences. What we already know about childhood sexual experiences. Damaged goods? Heterosexual and homosexual experiences in childhood. A silence recently broken. The need to remember and the need to forget. Protecting and helping others. Justice at any cost. Remaining defiant. Kids and adults that don’t tell. Drawing together the threads of resilience. Gender differences in disclosure and development of a narrative of resilience. Implications and recommendations. Appendices: Ten week, step-by-step recovery programme. Research methodology. Limitations of research methodology.
Biography
Sally Hunter, Paul Woodmansey
