NCJ Number
245161
Journal
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume: 22 Issue: 6 Dated: 2013 Pages: 677-694
Date Published
2013
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This article discusses the shame adult men and women experienced from sexual abuse as children, parents, and employees.
Abstract
Working with those who have experienced sexual abuse is a complicated matter because such abuse not only involves the violation of the victim's body, but it often generates shame in those involved. This article is based on empirical data from 26 hours of videotaped focus group interviews with 19 adult men and women in a Norwegian incest center who spoke openly of the shame they experienced from sexual abuse as children, parents, and employees. Findings from this study show that shame from sexual abuse can be grouped into seven major categories: (a) family, (b) emotions, (c) body, (d) food, (e) self-image, (f) sex, and (g) therapy. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.