MODULE 3 - MYTHS AND RESPONSES

What this module covers

  • Myths about child sexual abuse, and responses to disclosure, in CALD communities

  • The Child Sexual Abuse Myths Scale (CSAMS; Collings, 1997)

  • Cross-cultural differences in susceptibility to the myth that most perpetrators of child sexual abuse are unknown

  • Cross-cultural differences in susceptibility to all myths about child sexual abuse, which shift culpability from the perpetrator to the victim

  • Family reputation, male and female honour, social taboos discussing sexual matters, possibly heightened disbelief of disclosures, possibly worse mental health, and exposure to risk of sexual harm, in CALD communities


Resources


Learning video

 

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Discussion Forums

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