From One Girl to 'Three Girls': The Importance of Separating Agency from Blame (and Harm from Wrongfulness) in Narratives of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Autor/in	Woodiwiss, Jo
Titel	From One Girl to 'Three Girls': The Importance of Separating Agency from Blame (and Harm from Wrongfulness) in Narratives of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Quelle	In: Pastoral Care in Education, 36 (2018) 2, S.154-166 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Woodiwiss, Jo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-3944
DOI	10.1080/02643944.2018.1464593
Schlagwörter	Females; Sexual Abuse; Rape; Victims of Crime; Child Welfare; Teacher Role; Foreign Countries; Children; Child Abuse; Adults; Coping; Child Development; Risk; Self Disclosure (Individuals); United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Kindeswohl; Lehrerrolle; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Bewältigung; Kindesentwicklung; Risiko; Großbritannien
Abstract	In May 2012, nine men from Rochdale were convicted and jailed for grooming girls with alcohol, drugs and gifts before forcing them to have sex with multiple men. Following the case in Rochdale similar cases of grooming and sexual abuse/exploitation of young girls came to light in various towns and cities across the UK. In 2017, the BBC aired the drama "Three Girls" which featured the story of three of the victims whose abusers were ultimately jailed in May 2012, including one whose story of abuse was not listened to and whose abusers were ultimately not charged with abusing her (although they were charged with abusing other young girls). In this paper, I draw parallels between the experiences of these three girls and another victim of childhood sexual abuse (interviewed as part of an ESRC funded research project) to show how the central features of this story (childhood sexual innocence and victims' lack of agency) are deeply problematic not only for victims and child protection services, but also for how teachers and other education professionals understand children and young people's sexuality and CSA (a term I use to include child sexual exploitation or CSE) and ultimately how they respond to victims. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01