To estimate the one-year and lifelong prevalence of exposure to violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect using a validated instrument-the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Child Abuse Screening Tool – Child, Home Version (ICAST-CH). A dearth of robust and methodologically sound studies has resulted in ambiguity regarding the extent of child abuse in the general population. Clinical implications are considered.Ĭhild abuse is a major concern in India with frequent reports of extreme maltreatment and fatalities. In short, the ‘evil’ of childhood sexual abuse in the male population is not being seen or heard by clinicians, and is not being recognised or talked about by victims. It is argued that the childhood sexual abuse of males has not yet acquired legitimacy as a problem recognised by society, thus lagging behind the abuse of females. Blumer's (1971) model of the social construction of problems is applied to account for these beliefs and behaviours on the part of victims and clinicians. Professionals fail to hypothesise that their male clients may have been abused, and do not create the conditions that would enable males to talk about the abuse.
Male victims are relatively unlikely to disclose their experience of childhood abuse, and (as a coping strategy) they deny the impact of sexual abuse on their lives. However, it is suggested that society (including professionals and the victims themselves) has given credence to these myths. Two potential explanations are discounted as myths-that relatively few males are sexually abused, and that abuse has little effect on males.
This literature review explores the reasons why comparatively few adult males with a history of childhood sexual abuse are seen by professionals for help with difficulties relating to that abuse.
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