Feminism and Sexual Abuse: Troubled Thoughts on some New Zealand Issues

1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Guy
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
False Allegations ◽  
Radical Feminist ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Attention

An anonymous vigilante attack by six women on an Auckland University lecturer in 1984 took place in the context of ongoing feminist reframing of rape and sexual abuse. Most feminists’ responses to this incident assumed the man's guilt and uncritically accepted the allegations made against him. This was not surprising in view of the prescriptive radical feminist hegemony that prevailed in New Zealand throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Recent feminist writings on sexual harassment have been more ready to grapple with the complexities and ambiguities of issues of sexuality and pedagogy – a shift that enables women to have a wider range of responses to unwanted sexual attention. Some of the earlier and problematic radical feminist notions about rape and sexual abuse have been absorbed into the treatment discourse, with some distressing consequences. In 1988 an over-zealous Christchurch doctor believed she had detected signs of sexual abuse in fifty-six children at a health camp. Her intervention resulted in some girls being removed from their families, even though they denied they had ever been abused. One New Zealand doctor, a pioneer in sexual abuse work in this country, has published a book documenting developments in this area, and expressing grave misgivings about over-intervention and false allegations of abuse. There are persistent attempts to discredit her concerns. However, there is a groundswell of public disquiet over some aspects of sexual abuse work, which cannot be dismissed as backlash.

Effectiveness of Programs for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Del Campo ◽  
Marisalva Fávero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse Prevention ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Methodological Considerations

Abstract. During the last decades, several studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of sexual abuse prevention programs implemented in different countries. In this article, we present a review of 70 studies (1981–2017) evaluating prevention programs, conducted mostly in the United States and Canada, although with a considerable presence also in other countries, such as New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The results of these studies, in general, are very promising and encourage us to continue this type of intervention, almost unanimously confirming its effectiveness. Prevention programs encourage children and adolescents to report the abuse experienced and they may help to reduce the trauma of sexual abuse if there are victims among the participants. We also found that some evaluations have not considered the possible negative effects of this type of programs in the event that they are applied inappropriately. Finally, we present some methodological considerations as critical analysis to this type of evaluations.

scholarly journals The Appropriateness of Conciliation/Mediation for Sexual Harassment Complaints in New Zealand

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 585
Author(s):  
Claire Baylis
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
Resolution Processes

In this article, Claire Baylis examines the statutory models of mediation/conciliation in the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Employment Contracts Act 1991 which are used for sexual harassment complaints. She argues that the practice of mediating these complaints is inappropriate due to the incompatibility of the cha585he specific characteristics of most sexual harassment complaints. Further, an analysis of the actual dispute resolution provisions under the Acts raises other issues in the sexual harassment context. Finally, the author outlines some possible reforms to dispute resolution processes in this area.

scholarly journals STRATEGI DALAM MELAKUKAN TERMINASI PADA KEKERASAN SEKSUAL ANAK DI LRSAMPK DARUSSA’ADAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Rika Dewi Auliani Usman ◽  
Nurul Husna
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Sexual Crimes

Abstract. Sexual crimes occur not only in urban areas but also in villages. This crime has a big impact especially the majority of victims are children. LRSAMPK Darussa’adah is an institution whose role is to provide services for victims. The purpose of this study was to determine the types of cases of child sexual violence, the strategies carried out by the assistants in terminating and barriers, challenges and support in terminating. This is a field research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews and documentation, then the research results are analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the types of child sexual abuse cases handled by LRSAMPK Darussa’adah were rape, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, neglect of the baby, sexual abuse and abduction for sexual purposes. The accompanying strategy in terminating child sexual abuse cases is to convince the victims’ families and communities by involving referrals, “geuchik”, social workers and related agencies. The challenges of Darussa’adah social workers are when client stakeholders are difficult to ask for information about victims and there are some people who refuse and some accept victims. The support received by Darussa’adah social workers is when the referrals are willing to work together to find ways to facilitate the termination of victims, and also families and there are still people who are willing to accept among the majority of people who refuse victims returning,  Abstrak. Kejahatan seksual marak terjadi tidak hanya di perkotaan tetapi meluas ke perkampungan. Kejahatan ini berdampak besar khususnya sebagian besar korbannya adalah anak-anak. LRSAMPK Darussa’adah merupakan lembaga yang berperan memberi pelayanan bagi korban. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui jenis kasus kekerasan seksual anak, strategi yang dilakukan oleh pendamping dalam melakukan terminasi dan hambatan, tantangan maupun dukungan dalam melakukan terminasi. Ini adalah penelitian lapangan (field research) dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data adalah observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi, selanjutnya hasil penelitian dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa jenis kasus kekerasan seksual anak yang ditangani LRSAMPK Darussa’adah adalah perkosaan, pelecehan seksual, eksploitasi seksual, penelantaran bayi, pencabulan perdagangan dan penculikan untuk tujuan seksual.  Strategi pendamping dalam melakukan terminasi pada kasus kekerasan seksual anak adalah dengan meyakinkan keluarga korban maupun masyarakat dengan melibatkan perujuk, geuchik, pekerja sosial dan dinas terkait. Hambatan dan tantangan pekerja sosial Darussa’adah adalah ketika stakeholder klien sulit dimintai keterangan mengenai korban dan ada sebagian masyarakat yang menolak dan sebagian menerima korban. Adapun dukungan yang diterima pekerja sosial Darussa’adah adalah ketika perujuk bersedia kerjasama mencari cara agar mempermudah terminasi korban, dan juga keluarga serta masih ada masyarakat yang mau menerima di tengah-tengah sebagian besar masyarakat yang menolak korban kembali.  

The Frequency of False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: A Critical Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 459-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
William O’Donohue ◽  
Caroline Cummings ◽  
Brendan Willis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
False Allegations

Sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

2004 ◽  
pp. 235-247
Author(s):  
J. Kevin Thompson ◽  
Leslie J. Heinberg ◽  
Madeline Altabe ◽  
Stacey Tantleff-Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Harassment

Goddesses, a Whore-Wife, and a Slave

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-28
Author(s):  
Edith Hall
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
False Allegations ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
False Accusation ◽  
Miranda Fricker

This chapter argues that Phaedra’s false accusation of rape, laid against her stepson in Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus, has contributed to the widespread belief that women frequently lay such false allegations. The classic status of this play, as of its famous adaptations by Seneca and Racine, has kept the story of Phaedra’s lie at the center of the cultural radar and produced many imitations in popular culture. The gender stereotype that women are unreliable witnesses and custodians of truth has, however, been challenged recently both by the philosopher Miranda Fricker and by campaigns against workplace sexual harassment. By making Phaedra in this play virtuous in other respects, compared with her portrayal in Euripides’ lost Hippolytus Veiled and that of Stheneboea in his lost Stheneboea, Euripides threw the spotlight sharply on her vindictive act of perjury. But when studying and performing these ideologically laden dramas, we must remember that they are fictions.

scholarly journals Survivors of childhood sexual abuse: approaches to therapy

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Crowe ◽  
Christopher Dare
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
General Population ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Best Estimate ◽  
The Usa

The experience of sexual abuse in childhood is very common (Jehu, 1988). The highest estimate from the USA (Wyatt & Peters, 1986) suggests that 42% of girls up to the age of 17 have experienced abuse, and the best estimate from Britain (Baker & Duncan, 1985) would give a prevalence of between 12 and 20%. Mullen et al (1993) found in a general population of women in New Zealand an overall prevalence of abuse before the age of 16 of 32%, with 20% reporting genital contact and 3% penetrative sex. In the American series half of those abused (21% of the respondents) reported that the abuse was by a family member: the figure for intra-familial abuse in the British series was 14% of those reporting abuse, and thus about 3–5% of all the women who responded. There may be many explanations for the large international variations, including differences in definition, sampling and other aspects of methodology, but it is also possible that abuse is indeed more common in some countries than others.

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