Abstract
ABSTRACTObjective:to analyze the narratives of sexually abused women in childhood, identifying issues related to gender and generation. Method:descriptive research with a qualitative approach, based on 214 reports selected from the Brazilian campaign #primeiroassedio (first harassment), which took place on Twitter social network, collected from a structured instrument. Thematic content analysis was used. Results:girls were the main victims of sexual abuse. The perpetrators were mostly male and people they knew. Five categories emerged from the narratives: Sexual abuse in the aggressors’ discourse; The child as the object of sexual pleasure; Violated childhood; Victims’ guilty feelings; and Repercussions of sexual abuse experienced in childhood. Conclusion:sexual abuse often occurs in the family context and, even if sometimes veiled, the submission of girls’ power in gender relations and of children in generation relationships is evident. Analyzing sexual abuse under the categories of gender and generation contributes to an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon, directing practices more effectively to their coping.
Highlights
Child sexual abuse is a complex social phenomenon of great repercussion
The communication of child sexual abuse is crucial to its confrontation, since it allows for the interruption of violence, assistance to the child and their families, and the implementation of protective measures[3]
Aiming to contribute to the development of analyzes on child violence, as well as to provide a broader understanding of child sexual abuse, in addition to the merely descriptive approach, i.e., looking at interventions in social reality, the objective of this study was to analyze the narratives of women who had been sexually abused in childhood identifying issues related to gender and generation
Summary
Child sexual abuse is a complex social phenomenon of great repercussion. An American study of fatal and nonfatal sexual abuse cases found that in 2015 they represented an economic cost of $9.3 billion to the US. This cost was associated with health, productivity, child welfare, violence, crime, education and quality of life[1]. According to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund, in 2012, an average of 17 million reports of sexually abused women in childhood were recorded in 38 low- and middle-income countries. In 28 European countries, there were approximately 2.5 million reports of adolescents sexually abused before 15 years of age[2]. The communication of child sexual abuse is crucial to its confrontation, since it allows for the interruption of violence, assistance to the child and their families, and the implementation of protective measures[3]
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