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9781580051354

Invisible Girls The Truth About Sexual Abuse

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  • ISBN13:

    9781580051354

  • ISBN10:

    1580051359

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-04-08
  • Publisher: Seal Press

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Summary

Dr. Patti Feuereisen has been working with teenage girls for twenty-five years and has been a pioneer in helping abused girls find their voices. What she discovered in listening to hundreds of girls was not only that sexual abuse of young girls is in fact epidemic, but if the abuse can be processed when girls are still young—in their teens and early twenties—remarkable healing can take place. Girls and young women who are given an opportunity to speak out will most often go on to thrive as adults; without such an opportunity the traumatic effects of their abuse will often continue to cause them difficulty long into adulthood.

Invisible Girls weaves together powerful first-person narratives with gentle guidance and seasoned insights to help girls through the maze of feelings that swirl around the abuse experience. This gives every young woman who struggles with the scars of sexual abuse the courage that comes from knowing that she is not alone, while other girls come out from behind the veil of secrecy to become vibrant, healthy, and whole.

Table of Contents

Welcome 1(2)
Introduction 3(11)
PART ONE WHAT IS IN PANDORA'S BOX? SEXUAL ABUSE AND HOW IT AFFECTS US
Chapter 1. Ask Dr. Patti: Answers to Girls' Questions about Sexual Abuse
14(24)
Chapter 2. Crossing Over: Girlhood to Womanhood
38(4)
Chapter 3. Troubled Families
42(5)
Chapter 4. Finding Your Truth: Facing the Emotional Aftershocks and the Beginning of Healing
47(11)
PART TWO BEFORE WE OPEN THE BOX
Chapter 5. Girls' Genius: How Girls Get through the Actual Abuse Experience (Zinnia's Story, Lily's Story)
58(16)
PART THREE OPENING PANDORA'S BOX: GIRLS TELL THEIR STORIES
Chapter 6. The Deepest Wound: Father-Daughter Incest (Coral's Story, Garnet's Story)
74(27)
Chapter 7. Too Close for Comfort: Other Incest-Brothers, Cousins, Uncles, Stepfathers (Topaz's Story, Sage's Story)
101(17)
Chapter 8. Trusting the Wrong Men: Abuse by Teachers, Coaches, Clergy (Ivy's Story)
118(15)
Chapter 9. Pushed Too Far Too Young: Acquaintance Sexual Abuse (Amber's Story, Jasmine's Story)
133(18)
Chapter 10. Rape Always Hurts: Stranger Rape, Date Rape, Gang Rape (Iris's Story, Dahlia's Story)
151(33)
PART FOUR THE ROAD BACK
Chapter 11. Different Paths to Healing
184(9)
Chapter 12. Supportive Families Speak Out (Jannie's Mother's Story, Emily's Mother's Story, Pearl's Story)
193(14)
Chapter 13. Finding Your Support Posse
207(4)
Epilogue: Invisible No More 211(2)
Endnotes 213(2)
There's Help Out There: The Resource Center 215

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