Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is quintessentiall y secret. It is the perfect crime. — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“Another preoccupation fed into this dynamic relationship between discovery and denial: does sexual abuse actually matter? Should it, in fact, be allowed? After all,… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is quintessentiall y secret. It is… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“The discovery that detonated Cleveland is one of Britain’s great contributions to awareness of child abuse. In 1986 and 1987 the Leeds paediatricians Dr… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“Many professionals have to sign gagging clauses or face the sack if they speak out. The social worker and therapist was familiar with the… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist of? Who… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“The BFMSS [British False Memory Syndrome Society] The founder of the 'false memory' movement in Britain is an accused father. Two of his adult… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“The survivor movements were also challenging the notion of a dysfunctional family as the cause and culture of abuse, rather than being one of… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“The asylum, and later the national health service, warehoused thousands of patients made mad by the intrusions of a sexual predator. But these institutions… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
In the context of the great debates about identity politics - are you gay or straight, nationalist or republican, British or English and so… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“The themes that exercised the minds of survivor movements and their allies within the health and welfare professions generated a political project: how to… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
“In this book we paint an unprecedented portrait of Britain’s first ‘false memory’ retraction and show that, like other ‘false memory’ cases which appeared… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked. — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share
