PEDOPHELIA

 

Paedophilia , also called paedophilic disorder or paedophilia disorder, in conventional usage, a psychosexual disorder, generally affecting adults, characterized by sexual interest in prepubescent children or attempts to engage in sexual acts with prepubescent children.

Pedophila and the Arts.

The growing public awareness of pedophelia has led to an increase in the number of books, plays, movies, and television shows about the subject. Indeed, a recent production of the much loved 1893 opera Hansel and Gretel was presented as an adult only “study of paedophilia” . In this scene from the opera, the witch gestures infront of a picture of one of the young victims.

Psychological effects

Child sexual abuse can result in both short-term and long-term harm, including psychopathology in later life. Indicators and effect include depression, anxiety, eating disorders, poor self-esteem, somatisation, sleep disturbances and dissociative and anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder. While children may exhibit regressive behaviours such as a return to thumb-sucking or bed-wetting, the strongest indicator of sexual abuse is sexual acting out and inappropriate sexual knowledge and interest. Victims may withdraw from school and social activities and exhibit various learning and behavioural problems including cruelty to animals, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Teenage pregnancy and risky sexual behaviours may appear in adolescence. Child sexual abuse victims report almost four times as many incidences of self-inflicted harm.

How to identify a pedophile victim.

There is no right or wrong way for a child to respond to the psychological trauma of being sexually abused and manipulated. Reading the information below, you will see that there is a wide range of reactions that a child may exhibit that have found to be associated with abuse.

• Fear of being left alone or around a specific person, or gender (ex. young children that fear men)
• Being attached and/or overly obedient to their abuser
• Demanding extreme privacy while changing, bathing etc. May wear extra clothing.
• Talking about or using sexual terms that are beyond their age
• Cruelty to animals
• Sexual aggression toward younger or smaller children
• Inappropriate sexual behaviour – exposing private parts, acting out sexually on other people or with objects. May draw or play with dolls acting out sexual behaviour.
• Moodiness, withdrawal, acting out or becoming violent or destructive, or running away, self-abuse or makes self-demeaning remarks
• Nightmares, bed-wetting when it wasn’t an issue before
• Sleeping more often or experiencing insomnia
• Change in school grades -studying/focusing more than usual or neglecting classwork/skipping school
• Eating disorders – overeating or bulimia/anorexia

 

 

How Mavie Care can help??

Mavie Care takes care of your child’s mental health through Play Therapy, Behavior Modification and Parental Council and many more.

• Play therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which a child, mostly aged between 3 and 12 years is encouraged to reveal feelings and conflicts in play rather than by verbalisation.
• Behaviour modification comprises techniques that aid in modifying behaviour in which rewards or punishments are used to establish desired habits.
• Parental counselling is a type of service that aims to provide the necessary knowledge, tools, guidance, and most especially support to parents without bias or judgment.

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