Male Sex Abuse

Essay # 6271

Child, Youth Issues > Child Abuse
Psychology > Child and Adolescent
Psychology > Testing

Male Sex Abuse

An investigation as to why sexual abuse on males is under recognized, under reported and under treated.

1,350 words () | 7 sources | MLA | 2000 United States

Paper Summary:

The following paper provides factual evidence, as well as pertinent examples of why male sexual abuse is overlooked. The paper tells you why certain surveys, questionnaires and doctors are at fault for the neglected rate of sexual abuse on males.

From the Paper:

"I would like to start out by saying that a lot of this underreported information is due to the fact that researchers have and still do contact studies by using methods that are not effective. One of the first issues has to do with population from which a sample, or selected group of population actually researched is drawn (Finkelhor 235). Different prevalence rates, which are the actually numbers of males that were sexually abused, are found depending on the population from which a sample is taken. Different sample have been taken from middle school students, high school students, college students, clinical populations, and those receiving psychological treatment. Obviously when you ask a boy in middle school or even college they are going to almost indefinitely deny any kind of experience."