Female Sexual Abuse of ChildrenMichele Elliott This courageous and powerful book is a first step in addressing the secrecy, distress, anger, and fear surrounding female sexual abuse of children. Refuting the rationales for our lack of attention to the problem and contradicting some commonly held beliefs about sexual abuse, it combines accounts from survivors with input from professionals working with both survivors and abusers. Part I presents contributions from professionals who discuss aspects of female sexual abuse ranging from impact and treatment issues for victims of childhood sexual abuse by female perpetrators to the paradox of women who sexually abuse children. The second part is devoted to survivors--it presents stories from both men and women, then provides self-help guidelines for both. The book concludes with a valuable section on resources which includes a review of the existing literature on female child molestation as well as a listing of pertinent books and help organizations. FEMALE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN also addresses the controversial issue of current statistics that show that female sexual abuse is very rare and the question of whether it is being underreported due to fear from survivors that they will not be believed or supported. Regardless of the true magnitude of this problem, secrecy or denial about any aspect of child abuse must be avoided. Whatever future studies may show about this problem, it will not diminish this book's importance in taking the step of exploring this issue. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
What Survivors Tell UsAn Overview | 5 |
Impact and Treatment Issues for Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Female | 14 |
Helping Survivors Through Counseling | 37 |
A Survivor and Therapists Viewpoint | 47 |
Working with Female Sexual Abusers | 57 |
Barbaras StoryA Mother Who Sexually Abused | 74 |
Female AbusersWhat Children and Young People Have Told ChildLine | 89 |
SURVIVORS | 113 |
Women Survivors Stories | 115 |
Men Survivors Stories | 153 |
SelfHelp for Survivors | 198 |
RESOURCES | 217 |
Female Child Molesters A Review of the Literature | 219 |
Books | 235 |
National Help Organizations | 237 |
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