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FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1991
LESLEY PEARL
Jewish News Intern
W
hile increasing
numbers of women
are stepping for-
ward and breaking the si-
lence of incest and sexual
abuse, most male victims
continue to carry their
secret.
"There is still a real taboo
and homophobia about men
who have been sexually
abused," said Perry Ohren, a
social worker with Jewish
Family Service in Southfield.
"There is a stigma of them
being less than masculine."
Mr. Ohren hopes to dispel
those myths in a therapy and
support group for male vic-
tims of sexual abuse offered
through JFS later this
summer.
Although he has received
numerous responses from
therapists interested in
enrolling their patients in
the program, Mr. Ohren has
heard little from individual
victims. The lack of response
is consistent with negative
stereotypes surrounding
male victims, he said.
"This is symptomatic,"
Mr. Ohren said. " Admitting
to the secret you've carried
around for years is difficult."
According to studies by
David Finklehof, a specialist
in sexual abuse, between 2.5
and 8.7 percent of pre-
pubescent boys have been
sexually abused at least
once.
Although no numbers of
occurrences in Jewish
families are available, San-
dra Jaffa, JFS program
manager for the family
abuse prevention center, be-
lieves a real need for this
program exists within the
community.
"All reports of abuse are
on the increase," Ms. Jaffa
said. "And the Jewish
population mimics the rest
of the population."
Ms. Jaffa attributes this
increase to a changing at-
mosphere where victims are
allowed and encouraged to
talk about their experience.
Statutes passed in the
1970s requiring therapists
to report all incidence of
sexual abuse discussed in
sessions may have also
boosted the numbers, Mr.
Ohren added.
Because JFS is one of the
few programs available
locally to address sexual
abuse in males, and no simi-
lar service is currently
offered for non-Jews, the
group will remain open to
victims of all faiths.
There will be no formal
Jewish slant to the therapy,
Mr. Ohren said. However, he
believes the effect of people's
ethnicity and religion on
their perceptions of sexuali-
ty and abuse will be discuss-
ed.
In addition, Mr. Ohren
plans to focus on isolation,
sexual functioning and
disfunctioning.
Recovery starts with
breaking the code of silence,
something which is more
easily accomplished in a
support group rather than in
individual counseling, Mr.
Ohren said.
"Sexual abuse often is
allowed to happen because
children are threatened,"
Mr. Ohren said. "Discussion
"All reports of
abuse are on the
increase. And
Jewish society
mimics the rest of
society."
Sandra Jaffa
gets rid of the silence and
secrets, thus letting go
worlds and worlds of distress
and guilt."
Mr. Ohren believes society
as a whole needs to break
down stereotypes by ques-
tioning assumptions of so-
cialization — like the idea
that because someone is
male he has not been sexual-
ly abused.
"People need to become
less rigid in their thinking of
what it means to be a certain
type of person — in this in-
stance, what it means to be a
man," Mr. Ohren said.
Other myths Mr. Ohren
hopes to explore and dispel
are the sexual offender as a
"funny-looking man in a
trench coat," and that all
victims become abusers.
In reality, most victims
know their perpetrators.
They are often family mem-
bers or friends of the family,
Mr. Ohren said. And while
most perpetrators are vic-
tims of sexual abuse, not all
victims become sexual
abusers, he added.
For more information on
this support group, call
Perry Ohren at Jewish
Family Service, 559-1500. ❑