By J. Woodiwiss
Situated inside of a burgeoning therapeutic/self-help tradition this e-book explores tales of adolescence sexual abuse, 'recovered stories' and a number of personalities, and explodes the myths surrounding girls who, with out stories, redefine themselves as sufferers.
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It is therefore important that they are also given hope that they can improve their lives and write their own ‘survivor account’ as identified by Davis (2005). Survivor testimonies are particularly important when it comes to ‘victims’ overcoming trauma, healing and recovery, and going on to lead happy, successful and fulfilled lives. It is the words of survivors, rather than the words of therapists or writers of self-help manuals, that carry the message of optimism to greatest effect and it is in their stories that readers can try and identify not only with 32 Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse the past and the present, but also the future.
It’s prevented me from being able to love clearly. (Jennierose quoted in Bass and Davis 1988:33) Levenkron not only uses victims’ experiences to illustrate the harm story but the examples he uses can also be read as a warning as they illustrate how victims can be blamed for the actions of others. Jen, for example, ‘cuts herself and dresses seductively. In her relationships with men, she is dependent and they treat her sadistically’ (Levenkron 2008:17), and June ‘is only attracted to abusive men, some of whom exploit her financially.
Proponents of ‘alternative memories’ often make connections between attempts to silence women’s accounts Beyond the Recovered Memory Wars 39 and feminist struggles to have women’s stories of rape and abuse heard, making it particularly difficult for feminists to question such memories (Haaken 1998b, 2003, Showalter 1997). An alternative position is taken by those who claim that false memories of abuse are implanted in the minds of weak and vulnerable victims by malicious or misguided therapists (de Rivera 1998a, 1998b, Dineen 1999, Ofshe and Watters 1995, Pendergrast 1997, Yapko 1994a, 1994b).