The purpose of this paper is to explore the way gender and gender roles are socially constructed by those who have experience of females committing sexual offences against children.,Using a discursive approach, supported by membership category analysis, a secondary analysis of qualitative data illustrates how the social construction of gender and gender roles impacts on society’s perception of females who commit sexual offences against children.,Discourse analysis found three patterns employed within conversation that demonstrate how the construction of women influence society’s incomprehension of females who commit sexual offences against children: women can be trusted, women do not manipulate and groom and, women are not sexually aggressive.,A limitation of this study is the use of secondary data, which cannot provide the richness or detail found in primary accounts from people with this lived experience. The difficulty in accessing this sub-population highlights the hidden nature of the topic and the need for further research in this area.,This is the first study to explore how gender discourse is used in discussions of females who commit sexual offences against children. The value of this exploration highlights the need of society to adjust their perceptions of the offending capabilities of women and to ensure the experiences of people who experience this form of sexual abuse receive support.

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话语中的女性建构如何解释社会在接受女性对儿童的性犯罪方面所面临的挑战

不能提供具有这种经验的人在主要帐户中发现的丰富性或细节。访问此子人群的困难凸显了该主题的隐藏性质以及在该领域需要进一步研究的必要。这是首次探讨在讨论对儿童实施性犯罪的女性讨论中如何使用性别话语的研究。这项探索的价值突出表明，社会需要调整对女性犯罪能力的看法，并确保遭受这种形式性虐待的人们的经历得到支持。这是第一项探讨在讨论对儿童实施性犯罪的女性讨论中如何使用性别话语的研究。这项探索的价值突出表明，社会需要调整对女性犯罪能力的看法，并确保遭受这种形式性虐待的人们的经历得到支持。这是第一项探讨在讨论对儿童实施性犯罪的女性讨论中如何使用性别话语的研究。这项探索的价值突出表明，社会需要调整对女性犯罪能力的看法，并确保遭受这种形式性虐待的人们的经历得到支持。