Acquiring courage to face the truth: shifts in attitudes toward child sexual abuse

• Authors: Karkošková Slávka

Title variants

PL

Nabieranie odwagi w prawdzie: zmiany postawy wobec seksualnego wykorzystywania dzieci

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

In science, culture and morality, from a historical point of view, we can see gradual changes in attitudes toward the child sexual abuse phenomenon. While by the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century scholars as well as laypeople had a strong tendency to deny and minimize this socio-pathological phenomenon, by the end of the 20th century, thanks to scientific progress and public awareness raising, the society began to accept the cruel truth about child sexual abuse. This topic is no longer such a big taboo and people are able to speak more openly about it (especially through the media, social networks and nongovernmental organizations). Readiness to act – the courage to intervene, help victims and hold perpetrators accountable – is also changing.

PL

W nauce, kulturze i moralności, z historycznego punktu widzenia, obserwujemy stopniowe zmiany postaw wobec zjawiska wykorzystywania seksualnego dzieci. O ile pod koniec XIX i na początku XX wieku uczeni, a także laicy usilnie skłaniali się ku zaprzeczaniu i minimalizowaniu tego zjawiska społeczno-patologicznego – do końca XX wieku, dzięki postępowi naukowemu i podnoszeniu świadomości społecznej, społeczeństwo zaczęło akceptować okrutną prawdę o wykorzystywaniu seksualnym dzieci. Ten temat nie jest już tak wielkim tabu jak wcześniej, ludzie są w stanie mówić o tym coraz więcej (szczególnie za pośrednictwem mediów, sieci społecznościowych i organizacji pozarządowych). Gotowość do działania – odwaga, by interweniować, pomagać ofiarom i pociągać sprawców do odpowiedzialności – również się zmienia.

Keywords

EN

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA); denial; intervention

PL

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) wykorzystywanie seksualne dzieci; odrzucenie; interwencja

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski. Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego
• Journal: Family Forum
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 169-182

Contributors

author

Karkošková Slávka

• Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.25167/FF/2017/169-182