“I believe you”: Disclosing incest, a professional challenge
Hervouet, Lucile
“I believe you”: Disclosing incest, a professional challenge - 2025.
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This article examines the conditions for disclosing incest in the social field in French Polynesia. To what extent are social workers able to hear and then speak out about incest? Disclosure, which takes the form of a report, is not a simple factual statement. It personally and professionally exposes the person who is trying to protect, but who, at the same time, is accused of causing harm to the family. This mechanism is reinforced in the island context. By analyzing the dilemmas faced by social workers and their ways of addressing them, we highlight the importance of conceptual (re)tooling to consider incest as a social fact.
“I believe you”: Disclosing incest, a professional challenge - 2025.
85
This article examines the conditions for disclosing incest in the social field in French Polynesia. To what extent are social workers able to hear and then speak out about incest? Disclosure, which takes the form of a report, is not a simple factual statement. It personally and professionally exposes the person who is trying to protect, but who, at the same time, is accused of causing harm to the family. This mechanism is reinforced in the island context. By analyzing the dilemmas faced by social workers and their ways of addressing them, we highlight the importance of conceptual (re)tooling to consider incest as a social fact.
Réseaux sociaux