Useful info from the Malesurvivor Conference
Hi All,
I attended all sessions related to female abuse and will be contacting the presenters to get copies of their PowerPoint presentations. I hope to post some info here.
In the meantime, I really found Captain William Carson's typology of female offenders to be very helpful. Based on my notes from the session:
1) teacher / lover:
- offender seeks loving relationship with troubled / needy adolescent
- usually women having marital problems
- offender views the abuse as a consensual love affair
2) seducer:
- not seeking a love affair
- seduces children for a variety of reasons, e.g. lust, power, control, revenge
- lack of empathy for children, children are merely objects
3) molestor:
- pre-adolescent victims
- were themselves abused as kids
- pedophiles - intense urges for kids
- victims may be their own biological children
4) helper:
- aids or collaborates with another
- can be an observer or procurer of victims
5) coerced:
- are being "dominated" into helping
- usually in an abusive relationship
also, females don't molest strangers...either they are in a "relationship" or are related to their victoms
I attended all sessions related to female abuse and will be contacting the presenters to get copies of their PowerPoint presentations. I hope to post some info here.
In the meantime, I really found Captain William Carson's typology of female offenders to be very helpful. Based on my notes from the session:
1) teacher / lover:
- offender seeks loving relationship with troubled / needy adolescent
- usually women having marital problems
- offender views the abuse as a consensual love affair
2) seducer:
- not seeking a love affair
- seduces children for a variety of reasons, e.g. lust, power, control, revenge
- lack of empathy for children, children are merely objects
3) molestor:
- pre-adolescent victims
- were themselves abused as kids
- pedophiles - intense urges for kids
- victims may be their own biological children
4) helper:
- aids or collaborates with another
- can be an observer or procurer of victims
5) coerced:
- are being "dominated" into helping
- usually in an abusive relationship
also, females don't molest strangers...either they are in a "relationship" or are related to their victoms