The idealization of women: Its role in the minimization of child sexual abuse by females

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-174

  Hetherton, Jacquie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female sexual abuse; Idealization; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYTHOLOGY; WOMEN;

EID: 0032909834     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00119-7     Document Type: Article

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