Item #908
Being made to feel responsible for childhood sexual abuse – resulting in self-accusations, shame, and guilt – is not a gendered response. Despite how it might otherwise be characterized, men are equally made to feel guilty as are women.
Topic: Violence, Sexual
Source
Citation: Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences, pp. 4-5
Author(s): Sigurdardottir, Halldorsdottir, Bender
Institution(s): University of Akureyri, University of Iceland
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259351987_Consequences_of_childhood_sexual_abuse_for_health_and_well-being_Gender_similarities_and_differences
File(s): http://www.mrarchivist.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Consequencesofchildhoodsexualabuseforhealthandwell-beingGendersimilaritiesanddifferences-1.pdf
Nation(s): Iceland
Year(s): 2014
Source: Primary
Type: Interview
Discussion
Other Notes:
“On top of this, the boys felt that this experience ‘Should not happen to boys.'” p. 4
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