Denov, Myriam S. 2004. “The Long-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse by Female Perpetrators: A Study qualitative analysis on male and female victims". Journal of Interpersonal Violence 19(10):1137-1156The research conducted in this article is exploratory. Researchers are exploring the long-term effects of female child sexual abuse. “This qualitative study explores women's experience and long-term impact of sexual abuse.” (Denov 1137) This is an exploratory study, because the study is quite new and there is not much information on the topic. This topic is appropriate for an exploratory study, due to the lack of information. In addition to doing this research they wanted to gain information from the victim's experience. Through the study, the researchers wanted to find out whether suffering sexual abuse from a woman is as harmful as suffering it from a man. “The article examines, from the perspective of male and female victims, the long-term effects of sexual abuse by women.” (Denov 1139) The researchers wanted to gain information from the victims' experiences, to help improve treatment for them. In this experiment “qualitative research is particularly appropriate for a study of this nature as it can provide depth and detail of phenomena that are difficult to convey with quantitative methods.” (Denov 1139) The theory used for this research is conflict theory. I say this because people were making assumptions about how harmful it is to be sexually abused by female offenders. Many professionals did not take abuse from women as they did from men. It was a social issue that people simply pushed aside. Do not address this issue as the company does not provide victims with support or he...... middle of paper......f information from this article. I learned that child sexual abuse by men and women is harmful. Many experience long-term effects and only realize it later. I also learned how strong a qualitative study can be if done well. This project taught me to think more about the study that was being done. It taught me how to analyze research to fully understand what the researchers were doing and trying to accomplish. I learned a lot from this course about how to decode underlined codes. I wouldn't look at him like this if he wasn't from this class. I also learned how to do research and how to recognize the different types of research that are conducted. Reference: Denov, Myriam S. 2004. “The Long-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse by Female Perpetrators: AQualitative Study of Male and Female Victims.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence