Mariella Furrer Photography

Feature Stories: Child Sexual Abuse

Dr Lorna Jacklin, paediatrician and founder of the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, begins a medical check up on a 2 1/2yr old girl who was sexually abused by a man living in the same house as her family. The man was giving her sweets and fruits. Her mother realized something was wrong when her daughter was simulating sexual movements and became hyper active. Dr Jacklin found that she had been either digitally penetrated or the tip of a penis had been forced into her. When she went in for the medical check up she spread her legs as she had been trained to do by the man. TheTeddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, Johannesburg. November 2002
Dr Lorna Jacklin, paediatrician and founder of the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, begins a medical check up on a 2 1/2yr old girl who was sexually abused by a man living in the same house as her family. The man was giving her sweets and fruits. Her mother realized something was wrong when her daughter was simulating sexual movements and became hyper active. Dr Jacklin found that she had been either digitally penetrated or the tip of a penis had been forced into her. When she went in for the medical check up she spread her legs as she had been trained to do by the man. TheTeddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children, Johannesburg. November 2002