Self-blaming cognitions appear more difficult to resolve, thus leading victims to rely on suppression or other avoidance strategies. In addition, victims experiencing less severe forms of physical force during the assault used more avoidance coping than those victims that did not experience any force ...
Why only now the child is blaming the father of touching her breast during the bath? This has to be carefully analysed because it arises in a context that raises doubt. (J8) Consent and physical resistance There is nothing in Portuguese law that demands rape victims to bodily resist to a ...
This study evidences how highly gendered, individualized, victim-blaming discourses can take on a new and specific complexity when regarded in the context of children and mothers living with partners who are use violence and abuse. If these families come to the attention of children’s social care...