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Alain Perron - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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intrafamilial sexual abuse brother sister Incest does not differ from father daughter and stepfather stepdaughter Incest
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2002Co-Authors: Mireille Cyr, John Wright, Pierre Mcduff, Alain PerronAbstract:Abstract Objective: Three groups of girls who were sexually abused (by either brothers, fathers, or stepfathers) were compared. The purpose was to identify the differing characteristics of the abuse, the family environments, and the psychosocial distress of these children. Method: Seventy-two girls aged between 5 and 16 were assigned to one of the three groups. Subjects were matched between groups on the basis of their actual age. Children completed measures of traumatic stress; their mothers completed the Child Behavior Checklist-Parent Report Form (CBCL) and other self-report questionnaires on family characteristics. Workers in child protective services completed information regarding the nature and severity of the abuse. Results: Results suggested few differences in the characteristics of sexual abuse between the three groups. However, penetration was much more frequent in the sibling Incest group (70.8%) than in the stepfather Incest (27.3%) or father Incest (34.8%) groups. Ninety percent of the victims of fathers and brothers manifested clinically-significant distress on at least one measure, whereas 63.6% of stepfather victims did. Compared with father and stepfather perpetrators, brothers were raised in families with more children and more alcohol abuse. Conclusions: The authors conclude that the characteristics of brother–sister Incest and its associated psychosocial distress did not differ from the characteristics of father–daughter Incest. These findings suggest that theoretical models and clinical practices should be adjusted accordingly and that sibling Incest should not necessarily be construed as less severe or harmful than father–daughter Incest.
Sharon D Herzberger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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brother sister Incest father daughter Incest a comparison of characteristics and consequences
Child Abuse & Neglect, 1999Co-Authors: Jane Rudd, Sharon D HerzbergerAbstract:Abstract Objective: One group of women who were sexually abused by brothers and a second group who were sexually abused by fathers are compared with the intent to identify the differing characteristics of each type of abuse and the effects of the abuse on their adult functioning. Our hypothesis was that there would indeed be differences in the characteristics of the abuse and its effects, and that this would necessitate differing treatment strategies. Method: Surveys were distributed to women attending support groups for Incest survivors. Of the 62 women completing questionnaires, 14 women (23%) had been sexually abused by a brother. A similar number of women (15) who had been sexually abused by their fathers were chosen from the overall sample for comparison. Results: The absence of the father as a vital force in family life played a key role in the sexual abuse of women by their brothers in every case. The duration of the sexual abuse for brother-abused women and father-abused women was lengthy. The characteristics, including use of force, are equally as serious for sisters as for daughters. The family circumstances surrounding the abuse were examined for both groups and the results yielded a fuller understanding of the Incestuous family. Despite an appearance of normalcy, the level of family-wide disturbances, for example substance abuse, mental illness and pervasive family-wide violence were profound for both groups. In this study, we also examine the effects in adulthood of the serious disruption of childhood developmental phases for both brother-abused and father-abused women, taking into account the incidence of substance abuse, depression, suicidality, and eating disorders. Conclusions: The authors conclude that the characteristics and consequences of brother-sister Incest are of equal seriousness to those of father-daughter Incest. This would suggest that brother-sister Incest is one of the current blind spots in Incest research, and one that we cannot afford to ignore. In-depth knowledge of the dynamics and effects of brother-sister Incest suggest specific treatment strategies are indeed necessary and these are discussed in this paper.
Stephen L Okeefe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sister brother Incest data from anonymous computer assisted self interviews
Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 2014Co-Authors: Stephen L Okeefe, Sandra S Stroebel, Keith W Beard, Sam Swindell, Karen Griffee, Debra H YoungAbstract:Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,178 adult men using computer-assisted self-interview. Twenty-seven were victims of sister-brother Incest (SBI), 119 were victims of child sexual abuse by an adult female (CSA-AF) before 18 years of age, 1,032 were controls. SBI was often the first sexual experience for the victim. Our findings were consistent with other reports of early and persistent hyper-eroticization of Incest victims. SBI increased the likelihood of engaging in behaviors as an adult consistent with a co-existing or primary male-male sexual orientation, and SBI and CSA-AF had deleterious impacts on adult men's sexual adjustment with their adult partners.
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brother sister Incest data from anonymous computer assisted self interviews
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013Co-Authors: Sandra S Stroebel, Stephen L Okeefe, Keith W Beard, Shihya Kuo, Samuel V S Swindell, Walter E StroupeAbstract:Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self interview. Forty were classified as victims of brother-sister Incest, 19 were classified as victims of father-daughter Incest, and 232 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The other 1,230 served as controls. The victims of brother-sister Incest had significantly more problematic outcomes than controls on many measures (e.g., more likely than the controls to endorse feeling like damaged goods, thinking that they had suffered psychological injury, and having undergone psychological treatment for childhood sexual abuse). However, victims of brother-sister Incest also had significantly less problematic outcomes than victims of father-daughter Incest on some measures (e.g., significantly less likely than the father-daughter Incest victims to endorse feeling like damaged goods, thinking that they had suffered psychological injury, and having undergone psychological treatment for childhood sexual abuse).
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father daughter Incest data from an anonymous computerized survey
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012Co-Authors: Sandra S Stroebel, Stephen L Okeefe, Keith W Beard, Shihya Kuo, Samuel V S Swindell, Martin J KommorAbstract:Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self-interview. Nineteen were classified as victims of father-daughter Incest, and 241 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The remaining 1,261 served as controls. Incest victims were more likely than controls to endorse feeling damaged, psychologically injured, estranged from one or both parents, and shamed by others when they tried to open up about their experience. They had been eroticized early on by the Incest experience, and it interfered with their adult sexuality. Incest victims experienced coitus earlier than controls and after reaching age 18 had more sex partners and were more likely to have casual sex outside their primary relationship and engage in sex for money than controls. They also had worse scores on scales measuring depression, sexual satisfaction, and communication about sex than controls.
Sandra S Stroebel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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sister brother Incest data from anonymous computer assisted self interviews
Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 2014Co-Authors: Stephen L Okeefe, Sandra S Stroebel, Keith W Beard, Sam Swindell, Karen Griffee, Debra H YoungAbstract:Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,178 adult men using computer-assisted self-interview. Twenty-seven were victims of sister-brother Incest (SBI), 119 were victims of child sexual abuse by an adult female (CSA-AF) before 18 years of age, 1,032 were controls. SBI was often the first sexual experience for the victim. Our findings were consistent with other reports of early and persistent hyper-eroticization of Incest victims. SBI increased the likelihood of engaging in behaviors as an adult consistent with a co-existing or primary male-male sexual orientation, and SBI and CSA-AF had deleterious impacts on adult men's sexual adjustment with their adult partners.
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brother sister Incest data from anonymous computer assisted self interviews
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013Co-Authors: Sandra S Stroebel, Stephen L Okeefe, Keith W Beard, Shihya Kuo, Samuel V S Swindell, Walter E StroupeAbstract:Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self interview. Forty were classified as victims of brother-sister Incest, 19 were classified as victims of father-daughter Incest, and 232 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The other 1,230 served as controls. The victims of brother-sister Incest had significantly more problematic outcomes than controls on many measures (e.g., more likely than the controls to endorse feeling like damaged goods, thinking that they had suffered psychological injury, and having undergone psychological treatment for childhood sexual abuse). However, victims of brother-sister Incest also had significantly less problematic outcomes than victims of father-daughter Incest on some measures (e.g., significantly less likely than the father-daughter Incest victims to endorse feeling like damaged goods, thinking that they had suffered psychological injury, and having undergone psychological treatment for childhood sexual abuse).
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father daughter Incest data from an anonymous computerized survey
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012Co-Authors: Sandra S Stroebel, Stephen L Okeefe, Keith W Beard, Shihya Kuo, Samuel V S Swindell, Martin J KommorAbstract:Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self-interview. Nineteen were classified as victims of father-daughter Incest, and 241 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The remaining 1,261 served as controls. Incest victims were more likely than controls to endorse feeling damaged, psychologically injured, estranged from one or both parents, and shamed by others when they tried to open up about their experience. They had been eroticized early on by the Incest experience, and it interfered with their adult sexuality. Incest victims experienced coitus earlier than controls and after reaching age 18 had more sex partners and were more likely to have casual sex outside their primary relationship and engage in sex for money than controls. They also had worse scores on scales measuring depression, sexual satisfaction, and communication about sex than controls.
Carson Y Zhou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Incest horrible delimiting the lawrence v texas right to sexual autonomy
Social Science Research Network, 2016Co-Authors: Carson Y ZhouAbstract:Is the criminalization of consensual sex between close relatives constitutional in the wake of Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges? Justice Scalia thought not. The substantive due process landscape has changed dramatically in response to the LGBTQ movement. Yet, when a girl in a sexual relationship with her father recently revealed in an anonymous interview with New York Magazine that they were planning to move to New Jersey, one of the only two states where Incest was legal, the New Jersey legislature introduced with unprecedented speed a bill criminalizing Incest. But who has the couple harmed? The very mention of Incest conjures fears of deformed babies, yet when people think about sex in most other contexts, procreation is the last thing on their minds. Steeped in a near-universal Incest taboo, judges are unlikely to strike down Incest legislation any time soon. But they must still respond to any constitutional challenge in the language of the law. This Article evaluates the constitutionality of criminalizing sexual relationships between first-degree relatives. First, the Article situates Incest statutes within the sociological Incest taboo and the biological mechanism known as the Westermarck Effect. It asserts that Incest laws are counter-natural exercises in socio-biological engineering. Second, it argues that Incest cannot be excluded from the fundamental rights to sexual intimacy and reproduction. Third, it questions the constitutional sufficiency of a range of possible government interests, and the tailoring of existing laws to those interests. Fourth, it proposes revised statutory language that would prohibit certain Incestuous relationships without violating the constitution. The Article concludes by suggesting that norms against Incest, like norms against same-sex relationships, can change and may already be changing.
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the Incest horrible delimiting the lawrence v texas right to sexual autonomy
Michigan journal of gender & law, 2016Co-Authors: Carson Y ZhouAbstract:Is the criminalization of consensual sex between close relatives constitutional in the wake of Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges? Justice Scalia thought not. The substantive due process landscape has changed dramatically in response to the LGBTQ movement. Yet, when a girl in a sexual relationship with her father recently revealed in an anonymous interview with New York Magazine that they were planning to move to New Jersey, one of the only two states where Incest was legal, the New Jersey legislature introduced with unprecedented speed a bill criminalizing Incest. But who has the couple harmed? The very mention of Incest conjures fears of deformed babies, yet when people think about sex in most other contexts, procreation is the last thing on their minds. Steeped in a nearuniversal Incest taboo, judges are unlikely to strike down Incest legislation any time soon. But they must still respond to any constitutional challenge in the language of the law. This Article evaluates the constitutionality of criminalizing sexual relationships between first-degree relatives. First, the Article situates Incest statutes within the sociological Incest taboo and the biological mechanism known as the Westermarck Effect. It asserts that Incest laws are counter-natural exercises in socio-biological engineering. Second, it argues that Incest cannot be excluded from the fundamental rights to sexual intimacy and reproduction. Third, it questions the constitutional sufficiency of a range of possible government interests, and the tailoring of existing laws to those interests. Fourth, it proposes revised statutory language that would prohibit certain Incestuous relationships without violating the constitution. The Article concludes by suggesting that norms against Incest, like norms against same-sex relationships, can change and may already be changing. * I offer my sincerest and deepest gratitude to Professors Michael Klarman and Laurence Tribe. Without their teaching, guidance, and invaluable comments, this paper would not have been possible. An early draft of this Article was awarded Harvard Law School’s prize for best paper on an LGBTQ legal issue for 2015. ** Disclaimer: the views and opinions expressed in this Article are solely the author’s own, and do not reflect, and are not in any way associated with, any institutions, organizations, or business entities with which the author has been, is currently, or will be affiliated.
