Volume III Special Issue IV April 2023

Name of Author : C Miruthulaa, V Nandhini

Title of the paper : Sexual Abuse, Fondling action found by Kate Elizabeth Russell in My Dark Vanessa

Abstract: My Dark Vanessa is about a victim so psychologically shaped by her abuser that she needs tosee herself as his accomplice, fully complicit in the things he did. Its the only source of powershe has left Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. As such, ithas long been of concern to feminists, and more recently mental health activists. This book My Dark Vanessa draws on this revolutionary legacy, feminism and post-structuralism to critically examine currentperceptions of women, girls and child abuse in psychology, psychiatry and the mass media, and to re-evaluate mainstream and feminist approaches to this subject. The book aims to contribute to the ongoing development of a knowledge-base for working with abused women and girls, anddemonstrates the need to question the use of formulaic methods in working with abused womenand girls. It calls for an explicit concern with politics, principles and ethics in the related areas oftheory, research and practice. Those are rape, fondling and exposure. Other victims mostly experienced fondling action. Next, the Research found Vanessa and other victim struggle against the sexual abuse. Those struggles attract public attentions and finally opened an investigation fortheir sexual abuse cases.

Keywords : Sexual Abuse, Fondling, Struggle, Victims, Mental Health

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Page Number : 18-19