Masculinities, sexualities, and child sexual abuse / by Anne Cossins
- Bib ID:
- 1875058
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Cossins, Anne
- Description:
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- The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, c2000
- xxiv, 292 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 904111355X (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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"Why is child sexual abuse committed primarily by men and male adolescents, unlike other forms of child abuse? Is child sex offending, rather than being a deviant masculine sexual practice, related to normative masculine practices, that is, practices structured on dynamic and changing relations of power?" "The book argues that an offender's experiences of powerlessness as a result of his relationships with other men is the key to understanding child sex offending, since sexuality is a key social practice for the alleviation of experiences of powerlessness and for establishing relations of power with other men. In particular, the theory argues that a man's particular attachment to the link between sexuality and experiences of masculinity and power will be a key factor for determining how he does sex and who he chooses as a sexual partner. In the final chapter, the theory is tested through a re-analysis of offender interviews."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. Introduction: The Male Problem of Child Sex Offending
- Ch. 2. Current Explanations of Child Sexual Abuse
- Ch. 3. Masculinities and Sexualities: A Sociological Theory of Child Sexual Abuse
- Ch. 4. The Masculine Sexual Practices of Child Sex Offenders: Testing the Power/Powerlessness Theory
- Ch. 5. Concluding Remarks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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