Thaindian News: Most female child molesters are victims of abuse themselves

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2008-05-18 16:34

Article here. Excerpt:

'Most female child abusers have themselves been victims of sexual abuse, says a new study.

The finding, published in the April issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, has the potential to help break the cycle of abuse by improving treatment for offenders and their young victims.

Strickland said the sexual abuse of minors by women has been largely ignored by the general public, the legal system and by academic researchers.

Many people believe that women are not capable of committing such acts, she said, and the abuse of boys by women is often dismissed as the boys sowing their oats or even being lucky.

The truth is that both boys and girls are molested by female perpetrators and these victims often suffer a myriad of consequences affecting their sexuality, relationships and beliefs about themselves and others.'

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People don't even want to consider, that there's a possible "excuse" for men who commit abuse. Instead they just look for this type thing in the case of women.

I personally wonder if a lot of male abusers weren't mistreated by their mothers in some way. Just a sneaking suspicion.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2008-05-19 02:28

they would still be making excuses and doing studies showing how her
life as a victim bla bla bla.

same ole same ole

and what woman on trial isn't instructed by her lawyer day one about
the victim card she holds, and exactly when they plan to play it.

term for the day -

simple minded (Webster): void of subtlety, foolish, unsophisticated

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Submitted by daveinga on Mon, 2008-05-19 13:55