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Department of Communications, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran
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Department of communications, faculty of social sciences, university of Tehran
10.22083/cssca.2026.573778.1102
Abstract
This article studies the cinematic construction of child sexual abuse and seeks to answer the question of how children's and Young Adults’ Cinema represents child sexual abuse and what sight it shapes about this social problem.
In this study, the construction of child sexual abuse has been analyzed in the films "Baduk", "Don", "Oil Children", "The Girl in the Sneakers", "I'm Taraneh, 15", "Requiem of Snow", "The Disgraced", "Girls", "The Little Sparrows". Mirzoeff's "visual culture" theory has been used to analyze the cinematic construction of child sexual abuse, and the qualitative content analysis method has been used to analyze the films.
The findings of this study show that children's and Young Adults’ cinema includes a gendered interpretation and simplistic view of aggressive behaviors, such as rape and sexual exploitation of girls, which reinforces limited and stereotypical views of the subject. But this perspective challenges cultural beliefs about child marriage and can act as a factor in changing common beliefs about child marriage.
Ravadrad,A. and Badri,M. (2026). The construction of child sexual abuse in Iranian Children and Young Adults’ Cinema. (e243287). Child and Adolescent Cultural-Social Research, (), e243287 doi: 10.22083/cssca.2026.573778.1102
MLA
Ravadrad,A. , and Badri,M. . "The construction of child sexual abuse in Iranian Children and Young Adults’ Cinema" .e243287 , Child and Adolescent Cultural-Social Research, , , 2026, e243287. doi: 10.22083/cssca.2026.573778.1102
HARVARD
Ravadrad A., Badri M. (2026). 'The construction of child sexual abuse in Iranian Children and Young Adults’ Cinema', Child and Adolescent Cultural-Social Research, (), e243287. doi: 10.22083/cssca.2026.573778.1102
CHICAGO
A. Ravadrad and M. Badri, "The construction of child sexual abuse in Iranian Children and Young Adults’ Cinema," Child and Adolescent Cultural-Social Research, (2026): e243287, doi: 10.22083/cssca.2026.573778.1102
VANCOUVER
Ravadrad A., Badri M. The construction of child sexual abuse in Iranian Children and Young Adults’ Cinema. Child and Adolescent Cultural-Social Research, 2026; (): e243287. doi: 10.22083/cssca.2026.573778.1102
