LOCATING THE VOICE OF LOGIC - DISCLOSURE DISCOURSE OF SEXUAL ABUSE

This essay explores the concept of voice by turning to disclosure disc ourse about sexual abuse. We argue that children who have been sexuall y abused are strategic and logical in the way they regulate access to this private information. We note that the children locate their voice of logic in their selection of confidants. By listening to and privil eging their voices, we, as researchers, can position ourselves as cond uits through which the voices of the children can be heard.