ABSTRACT

With evidence suggesting that females are more likely to be victims of child sexual abuse (CSA), much of the literature – including that on disclosure – focuses on females. Thus, male victims remain “under-studied”. Given this, the aim here is to contribute to the scant knowledge base on the sexual abuse of males and disclosure by focusing on males whose voices are even more rarely heard than those in the general male population: those who have perpetrated CSA. The men whose stories are told here had been convicted of, and imprisoned for, CSA in the United Kingdom (UK). They were part of a sample of 101 incarcerated males, 40 of whom reported at interview that they had been sexually abused in childhood. Eighteen of those 40 men are focused on here as they provided some detail as to whether they had disclosed that abuse in childhood or adulthood, the responses they had received, and also why they had not disclosed. Their narratives shed some much-needed light on the nature of sexual abuse experienced by males, its onset and duration, sexual re-victimization, relationships with perpetrators, the diverse nature of disclosure, the extent to which victims disclose and when, the responses received, and why they do not tell. Little is known of these aspects of male CSA. The implications of the findings are considered together with future research directions.

摘要

有证据表明女性更有可能成为儿童性虐待 (CSA) 的受害者，因此大部分文献——包括关于披露的文献——都关注女性。因此，男性受害者仍然“未被充分研究”。鉴于此，这里的目的是通过关注与一般男性人口相比更罕见的声音的男性：那些实施 CSA 的人，为关于男性性虐待和披露的知识库的匮乏做出贡献。在这里讲述故事的人在英国 (UK) 因 CSA 被定罪和监禁。他们是 101 名被监禁男性样本的一部分，其中 40 人在接受采访时报告说他们在童年时期遭受过性虐待。这 40 名男子中有 18 名被关注在这里，因为他们提供了一些关于他们是否在童年或成年时披露过虐待的细节，他们收到的回应，以及他们没有透露的原因。他们的叙述对男性所经历的性虐待的性质、开始和持续时间、性再次受害、与施暴者的关系、披露的不同性质、受害者披露的程度以及何时收到的回应提供了一些急需的启示。 ，以及为什么他们不告诉。人们对男性 CSA 的这些方面知之甚少。研究结果的影响与未来的研究方向一起考虑。收到的答复，以及为什么他们不告诉。人们对男性 CSA 的这些方面知之甚少。研究结果的影响与未来的研究方向一起考虑。收到的答复，以及为什么他们不告诉。人们对男性 CSA 的这些方面知之甚少。研究结果的影响与未来的研究方向一起考虑。