Riflessioni sull’abuso sessuale da parte delle madri. Rivelazioni, trauma e trattamento dei bambini abusati dalle donne

Titolo Rivista MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Autori/Curatori Annalisa Di Luca, Rosetta Cappelluccio
Anno di pubblicazione 2021 Fascicolo 2021/3
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 24 P. 115-138 Dimensione file 244 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2021-003006
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L’abuso sessuale da parte di donne è poco rilevato, probabilmente per uno stereotipo che identifica la donna come ottimo caregiver e non come un potenziale aggressore (O’Brien, Margolin, John, & Krueger, 1991; Saradijan, 1996). Analizzeremo i numeri dell’abuso ma-terno e di come incida nelle fasi di rivelazione, valutazione del danno e trattamento. È molto più probabile che, a causa del ruolo di cura, l’abuso venga confuso con comportamenti af-fettuosi accettabili, rispetto allo stesso abuso commesso da un uomo. Si tratta, quindi, di gravi esperienze traumatiche precoci, che generano necessariamente una dissociazione pro-tettiva del Sé, vincolata ad un segreto collusivo. Attraverso i casi vorremmo mostrare come in questi minori il danno sia rilevante e sia presente vergogna e identificazione con l’aggressore.;

Keywords:abuso sessuale; donne abusanti; PTSD; maltrattamento; dissociazione

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Annalisa Di Luca, Rosetta Cappelluccio, Riflessioni sull’abuso sessuale da parte delle madri. Rivelazioni, trauma e trattamento dei bambini abusati dalle donne in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 3/2021, pp 115-138, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2021-003006