'Animal instincts': the sexual abuse of women with learning difficulties, 1830s–1910s.

Girls and women with learning difficulties have one of the highest risks of being sexually assaulted and raped. This article looks at the sexual abuse of girls and women in Britain between the 1830s and the 1910s. I will be arguing that, during the course of the nineteenth century, attitudes to girl...

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Published in:	Women's History Review Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 1201 - 1218
Main Author:	Bourke, Joanna
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2020
Subjects:	Sex crimes Learning disabilities Institutionalized persons Communicative competence Intellectual development
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost