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The impact of incest in women's lives. (Consequences of Gender Violence).
- Article from:
- Women's Health Collection
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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The feminist movements of the 60s and 70s and the new social awareness they produced in some sectors finally brought to an end the secret of sexual violence against women. The "conspiracy of silence" which defined adult society's complicity with incest was denounced, and incest became the subject of many studies on its possible causes and multiple consequences in the lives of those who have experienced it. A good deal has been written about this issue in the U.S. and, over the past ten years, in Europe. As a direct result, there is a better understanding of the circumstances and effects of incest on the psychological well-being of women and girls, who are the ones who ...