The best kept secret : sexual abuse of children

Rush, Florence 1918- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0130747815 :
ISBN: 0130747815
Physical Description: xii, 226 pages ; 24 cm.
print
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1980]
Copyright: ©1980.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A look at the problem -- The Bible and the Talmud: an infamous tradition begins -- The Christians -- Greek love -- A Victorian childhood -- Child marriage in India -- A Freudian cover-up -- Myths, fairy tales and films -- The demon nymphette -- Fathers and daughters -- Sex education and the child molester -- A hard look at the law -- Child prostitution and kiddy porn -- The sexual abuse of boys -- From the sensuous woman to the sensuous child: liberation or backlash? -- The first step.