Anyssa Surrall
Professor Prigg
EN 203
15 October 2024
Annotated Biography
Chu, James, and Elizabeth S. Bowman. Trauma and sexuality: The effects of childhood sexual, physical,
and emotional abuse on sexual identity and behavior. CRC Press, 2003.
These authors collaborate and examine how traumatic childhood abuse changes the
trajectory of one’s sexuality and sexual identity. It explains how survivors often dissociate and engage in
risky or taboo behaviors associated with trauma leading to sexual addiction. The authors conduct
multiple studies that raises complex questions about the correlation between the victim becoming the
perpetrator and how the cycle exposes deeper issues in society. To be clear this article does not
perpetuate harmful rhetoric regarding heterosexuality/ homosexuality or dismiss legitimate gender
identity, it is simply exploring a possible connection of child abuse and sexuality.
Ney, Philip G. "Triangles of abuse: A model of maltreatment." Child abuse & neglect 12.3
(1988): 363-373.
This article speaks about how abuse is often a triangle: the perpetrator, the victim,
and the observer. The triangle pattern rotates and continues through generations. Based on
statistics, the perpetrators become a victim if/when they go to prison and the child victim could
become the adult perpetrator. *I have not accessed the full article yet, so in depth information is
limited.
Strathearn, Lane, et al. "Long-term cognitive, psychological, and health outcomes
associated with child abuse and neglect." Pediatrics 146.4 (2020).
In this article Strathearn studies the potential long lasting effects of child maltreatment,
regarding cognitive functions. Sexual abuse was associated with multiple mental disorders such
as: attention problems, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, depression etc. This also
explores how early intervention can help worsening symptoms and prevent future mental
disorders.