Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program, Division of Paediatric Medicine, 7979The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, 7938University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Violence Against Women. 2022 May;28(6-7):1631-1658. doi: 10.1177/10778012211024263. Epub 2021 Sep 13.
Gender-based relations of power and attributions of blame for child sexual abuse have been longstanding in child welfare policy and practice. Nonoffending mothers continue to be ascribed responsibility through the ideologically and institutionally entrenched doctrine of failure to protect. Feminist critical discourse analysis was used to (a) expose and disrupt dominant discourses of gender, motherhood, and risk that operate to construct and reinforce notions of blame and failure to protect, as enacted by way of child welfare text in context; and (b) build a credible case for social and organizational change grounded in an alternative discourse with greater explanatory power. Progressive avenues for resistance, negotiation, and transformation are proposed.
性别权力关系和对儿童性虐待的指责一直是儿童福利政策和实践中长期存在的问题。非犯罪母亲通过意识形态和机构根深蒂固的保护失败理论，继续被归咎于责任。本文采用女性主义批判话语分析方法：（a）揭示和扰乱性别、母性和风险的主导话语，这些话语通过儿童福利文本在语境中的作用，构建和强化了指责和保护失败的概念；（b）构建一个更具解释力的替代话语，为社会和组织变革提供可信的依据。本文提出了一些具有进步意义的抵抗、协商和变革途径。
