"Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is quintessentiall y secret. It is the perfect crime."

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Source: Beatrix Farrand, Carmen Messinger Pearson (2009). “The Collected Writings of Beatrix Farrand: American Landscape Gardener (1872-1959)”, p.128, UPNE

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Beatrix Campbell

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Beatrix Campbell is a British feminist writer and activist known for her work on gender, social justice, and women's rights, particularly in 'Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women'.

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