That's the mechanism; it's always the mechanism. Churches, the Armed Forces, schools, orphanages and other care homes... whenever there's institutional sexual abuse, there's a power imbalance...
These figures are really disheartening, especially when you take into account the power dynamics of university researchers as opposed to a private sector job. Knowing that your mentor has complete determination on your career trajectory, funding, tenure, etc. you can certainly see how it may drive those affected to not speak up for fear of retribution.
That's the mechanism; it's always the mechanism. Churches, the Armed Forces, schools, orphanages and other care homes... whenever there's institutional sexual abuse, there's a power imbalance between abuser and victim.
That's the mechanism; it's always the mechanism. Churches, the Armed Forces, schools, orphanages and other care homes... whenever there's institutional sexual abuse, there's a power imbalance between abuser and victim.