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A 5 page book report on a taboo subject that remains a ‘dirty little secret’ in many families. No additional sources are used.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGincest.rtf
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Oedipus Rex back in the fifth century B.C. However, regardless of the society or time period, one constant has remained. Incest is a cultural taboo that still exists
but nobody ever talks about it, perhaps in hopes that denying it will make it go away. It is a dirty little secret that is too often hidden away
behind closed doors and heavily veiled in secrecy. But incest is insidious and refuses to be denied; it leaves permanent scars on victims, aggressors and families as Dr. Susan
Forward and Craig Bucks groundbreaking text, Betrayal of Innocence: Incest and its Devastation, reveals with candor, insight and great compassion. It illustrates how incest is not a socioeconomic construct
but can manifest itself in any family, regardless of income or education level. The text is a successful balance of scholarly information and riveting real-life stories culled from a
compilation of twenty-five case histories. Unfortunately, incest takes many forms - father/daughter, father/son, mother/son, mother/daughter, sibling/sibling, grandfather/granddaughter - and its devastation damages the sexual predator as well as the
prey. No one is immune from its effects, including the psychotherapist co-author, Susan Forward. In the Introduction added to the 1988 reprint of Betrayal of Innocence, Dr. Forward
wrote, "I, too, had been victimized in a similar way by my father. I had kept this experience carefully hidden from family and friends for most of my
life. The thought of a sudden, public disclosure was terrifying. I considered remaining secure behind my professional credentials, but I realized that if I were to persuade others
to break through their walls of secrecy and shame, I had to be willing to do so myself" (p. 2). The statistics presented in Betrayal of Innocence are shocking.
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