Perspectives
Viewpoints that challenge assumptions and deepen our understanding of prevention and recovery.
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Children and Adolescents: The Forgotten Heart of the Mexican State
There are problems that, because they are uncomfortable or painful, the country has preferred to look the other way. Childhood is one of them. For decades, Mexico has advanced behind solemn speeches and cold statistics, while children and adolescents continue to grow up in environments marked by violence, poverty, institutional neglect, and social indifference. Today,
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The Prevention of CSA No More Victims: Symbolic Reparation and Historical Debt
Sexual violence and especially sexual abuse of children and adolescents constitute a global social pandemic, which persists, causes worry and is talked about, but which is not sufficiently called out or acknowledged. This is due to the stigmatization it entails for victims and their families. Child sexual abuse (CSA) continues to be a taboo, which
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A Real-Life DARVO Attack on a Victim to Avoid Accountability
“DARVO,” an acronym for deny, attack, reverse victim and offender, is a reaction that perpetrators of wrongdoing, such as sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. As the acronym suggests, the common steps of DARVO, according to Wikipedia, are: “The abuser denies the abuse. (And) when confronted with evidence,