ABSTRACT
The in-depth analysis of police, psychiatrists' and victim perspectives on female sex offending contained within this book has highlighted the widespread denial of women as potential sexual aggressors. Although the origins of the culture of denial, like reactions to other sexual taboos such as incest, may have their roots in a complex array of factors (as suggested in chapter two) the proposed transformation and dialectical processes, as well as the concept of the duality of structure appear to contribute to our understanding of the emergence, maintenance and reproduction of this denial.
