Many close relationships that I've had with other women have revealed through intimate conversations a past of some sort of inappropriate sexual behavior from an adult, while they were still children.
I became interested in how often the abuse was from someone they knew. About 95% of victims of sexual abuse know their perpetrators.
Most abuse goes unreported. This work is a reporting and explores the memories that child abuse leaves years after.
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Molested Memories is a collaborative photographic project that explores the experience of sexual abuse survivors. Interviews about the sexual abuse are heard and juxtaposed with images that portray contemplative moments about their past.
Full disclosure is given about the intimate details which are often only shared in high confidence and promotes a space for conversation about the topic.
Author: sandracroa
Keywords: sexual abuse child survivors adults molested memory memories children neglect
Added: November 9, 2008
