Cunnington Claire, Clark Tom
Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Qual Soc Work. 2023 Nov;22(6):1157-1174. doi: 10.1177/14733250221124300. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
There is a well-established literature examining how perpetrators of child sexual abuse (CSA) neutralise the norms and beliefs that ordinarily prohibit such behaviours. However, there has been substantially less focus on how such techniques of neutralisation might also be applied by people and groups who were not directly involved in the abuse, who we might expect to be more supportive. Drawing on a thematic analysis of an open-ended survey (n=140) and semi-structured interviews (n=21) with adults who experienced childhood sexual abuse this paper examines societal responses to disclosure. Identifying three key techniques of neutralisation, it explores how families, professionals and institutions use wider discourses that deny the victim/survivor, deny or minimise harm and silence by appealing to loyalty. The results demonstrate how significant others can constrain, rather than support, the process of disclosure and recovering from CSA.
有大量文献探讨了儿童性虐待（CSA）的实施者如何消解通常禁止此类行为的规范和信念。然而，对于那些未直接参与虐待、我们原本期望更具支持性的个人和群体如何也可能运用这些中和技巧，关注则要少得多。本文通过对一项开放式调查（n = 140）和与有童年性虐待经历的成年人进行的半结构化访谈（n = 21）进行主题分析，研究了社会对披露的反应。通过识别三种关键的中和技巧，探讨了家庭、专业人员和机构如何利用更广泛的话语来否认受害者/幸存者、否认或最小化伤害以及通过诉诸忠诚来保持沉默。结果表明，重要他人可能会限制而非支持CSA披露和恢复的过程。
