Men make fewer and more selective disclosures than women. Improving policy and practice responses for men sexually abused in childhood (malesurvivor.nz) A particular challenge in seeking to provide helpful information to men and support more helpfulways of coping is that men are very reluctant to disclose child sexual abuse (orContinue Reading
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/01/you-grow-up-hating-yourself-why-child-abuse-survivors-keep-and-break-their-silence “We have a society that hasn’t wanted to hear about it,” she explains. “As we saw in the royal commission, a lot of people giving testimony spoke about trying to speak out as a child. Many were punished, they weren’t believed and their concerns were dismissed or minimised. “ThinkingContinue Reading
Our analysis resulted in three main themes: Fear of reprisals; CSAstains – Negative implications for self-representation; and The complicatingeffect of ambiguity, which, according to our analytical focus, werehighlighted as distinct barriers to disclosing CSA.Continue Reading
