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edition:eBook
category: Social Science
published: Mar 2002
ISBN:9780773575363
publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
imprint: MQUP

Don't Tell, Second Edition

The Sexual Abuse of Boys

by Michel Dorais

tagged: violence in society
Description

Don't Tell examines the effects of sexual abuse on the emotional and sexual life of men, including their sense of self and their personal relationships. Using first-hand accounts, Dorais shows that certain reactions are specific to male victims as they attempt to preserve their physical integrity and conceptions of masculinity. He provides innovative strategies for both prevention and treatment that will be of use to those who have suffered abuse as well as to their families and all those who are trying to help them - spouses, friends, social workers, and therapists.

About the Author
Michel Dorais is professor of social work at the Université Laval. He spent many years as a clinical social worker and is the author of Don't Tell: The Sexual Abuse of Boys, Dead Boys Can't Dance: Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide, and numerous

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