ReadingTheDots@social.vivaldi.net"Tackling child sexual abuse: Radical approaches to prevention, protection and support" by Sarah Nelson. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Published in 2016.
Book description: This book is intended to inspire policy makers, practitioners, academics and journalists to rediscover courage in tackling child sexual abuse. Sarah Nelson proposes new models for child-centered, perpetrator-focussed child protection, for community prevention, and for work with survivor-offenders.
I found this book to be an interesting and thought provoking read. Child sexual abuse is a serious societal ill, and the author focuses on being continually vigilant and being open to new and progressive tactics in dealing with its trauma.
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I truly believe that outlawing infant genital mutilation would go a long way to help this problem.
@Uair @ReadingTheDots @bookstodon I didn't know if it will change adult behavior which is shaped by many factors, but I am firmly in the camp that children's bodies should not be modified by adults for cosmetic or religious purposes. Medical decisions may be necessary, but that's a different category.
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It's been proven that we remember it. When vaccines were new in the 50s, it was noticed that only some of the boys and none of the girls freaked out at the white coats. The difference was who had been chopped.
Do you have a clitoris? Imagine if, at birth, someone had sliced off (without anesthesia!) all your vulva and labia. Imagine if someone had removed all the protective tissue around your clit, and left it to dry out and rub against your panties for the rest of your life. How sensitive you think it would be?
It's not cool that men's first sexual experience is being overpowered, strapped to a board, and having one of the most sensitive parts of their bodies chopped off. It really does contribute to rape culture. It makes rape seem like a minor thing. The analogue to what I endured is, roughly speaking, sticking a treble hook up ya and ripping it all out. Compared to that, an unwanted dick doesn't seem like much.
Circumcision drives rape culture. You can have rape culture without it, but it's a giant piece of it.
Stop cutting on our little boys.