M. Dechesnay's Article 'Father-Daughter Incest'
Deborah Love Brady
Dechesnay, M. (1985). Father-Daughter Incest: An Overview. Behavioral Sciences & the Law , 391-402.
(Dechesnay, 1985)
Dechesnay’s article emphasizes the traits of the incestuous father and possible familial factors that may be cited as reasons for his deviant behavior. This article focuses on incest between father and daughter. Dechesnay surmises that according to research often the offending father sees himself as the patriarch of the family and that is his right and responsibility to teach his daughter about sex. Ms. Dechesnay reports that over thirty-five percent of all father-daughter incest is perpetrated by the biological father and that often the father shows other sadistic behavior towards his children …show more content…
The girls studied were those who were sexually abused by brothers, fathers or stepfathers. They hoped to also identify some of the basic characteristics of the abuse, environments, and psychosocial distress of these children. Method: Seventy-two girls aged between 5 and 16 were assigned to one of the three groups. Subjects were matched between groups on the basis of their actual age. Both children and parents completed different surveys and test, as well as state social workers. What they found was shockingly few differences in the characteristics of sexual abuse between the three groups. The only main difference that they were able to identify was that penetration abuse was much more frequent in the sibling incest group (70.8%) than in the stepfather incest (27.3%) or father incest (34.88) groups. When sibling abuse was compared with that of father and stepfather abuse, brothers were found to have been raised in families with more children and more alcohol abuse. The authors conclude that the characteristics of brother-sister incest and its associated psychosocial distress did not differ from the characteristics of father-daughter incest. These findings suggest that theoretical models and clinical practices should be adjusted accordingly and that sibling incest should not necessarily be construed as less severe or harmful than father-daughter …show more content…
(2010). Sibling incest: A literature review and a clinical study. Journal Of Sexual Aggression, 16(3), 347-360.
Dechesnay, M. (1985). Father-Daughter Incest: An Overview. Behavioral Sciences & the Law , 391-402.
(Dechesnay, 1985)
Dechesnay’s article emphasizes the traits of the incestuous father and possible familial factors that may be cited as reasons for his deviant behavior. This article focuses on incest between father and daughter. Dechesnay surmises that according to research often the offending father sees himself as the patriarch of the family and that is his right and responsibility to teach his daughter about sex. Ms. Dechesnay reports that over thirty-five percent of all father-daughter incest is perpetrated by the biological father and that often the father shows other sadistic behavior towards his children …show more content…
The girls studied were those who were sexually abused by brothers, fathers or stepfathers. They hoped to also identify some of the basic characteristics of the abuse, environments, and psychosocial distress of these children. Method: Seventy-two girls aged between 5 and 16 were assigned to one of the three groups. Subjects were matched between groups on the basis of their actual age. Both children and parents completed different surveys and test, as well as state social workers. What they found was shockingly few differences in the characteristics of sexual abuse between the three groups. The only main difference that they were able to identify was that penetration abuse was much more frequent in the sibling incest group (70.8%) than in the stepfather incest (27.3%) or father incest (34.88) groups. When sibling abuse was compared with that of father and stepfather abuse, brothers were found to have been raised in families with more children and more alcohol abuse. The authors conclude that the characteristics of brother-sister incest and its associated psychosocial distress did not differ from the characteristics of father-daughter incest. These findings suggest that theoretical models and clinical practices should be adjusted accordingly and that sibling incest should not necessarily be construed as less severe or harmful than father-daughter …show more content…
(2010). Sibling incest: A literature review and a clinical study. Journal Of Sexual Aggression, 16(3), 347-360.