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Sexually Harmful Attitudes and Male Privilege

Men and youth with sexually harmful attitudes and behaviours: Male privilege, reputation and status placed above child protection

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Readers, how do you take this? If you saw this sign on a billboard as you drove home at night, what would you feel? What does the message evoke in you now? This is an advertisement for a help line for sex abus- ers in Montreal, Canada (CIVAS; Centre d’intervention en violence et abus sexuels de L’Estrie, Montreal). Who do you imagine would need help, support or referrals for tormented sexual desire? What if it were your brother, father, husband or son? Your daughter or your mum? What if it were you?

Are you tormented by your sexual desires?

We can provide help, support and referrals — anonymously

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  1. Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, UK

    Adele D. Jones PhD (Professor of Social Work and former Director)

  2. Organizational Psychologist and Freelance Consultant, Barbados

    Ena Trotman Jemmott PhD

  3. The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

    Priya E. Maharaj PhD

  4. The Sweet Water Toundation, Grenada

    Hazel Da Breo PhD

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Jones, A.D., Jemmott, E.T., Maharaj, P.E., Breo, H.D. (2014). Sexually Harmful Attitudes and Male Privilege. In: An Integrated Systems Model for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137377661_3

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