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'Sexual abuse not about sex, but aggression'
Updated On: 14 February, 2019 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Mumbai doctor smashes stereotypes and defines abuse as act of violence; talks about victim and perpetrator

Dr Armaan Pandey makes his point. Pics/Bipin Kokate
The Nehru Science Centre at Mahalaxmi is celebrating the cerebral with an ongoing Brain and Mental Health Week. Top mental health professionals have been talking and interacting with the audience about a host of subjects from dealing with gender dysphoria, to achieving that elusive elixir to stress - work-life balance.
Defining abuse
On Wednesday afternoon, psychiatrist Dr Armaan Pandey addressed health professionals, students, teachers, and counselors on 'Sexual Abuse - Insights and Prevention'. Dr Pandey's focus is on sexual abuse in children, but he did touch upon adults and spoke about both victim and perpetrator. The doc began by saying, "The mind is the concept. The brain is the organ. Let us define sexual abuse - it is an action by a person who fully understands what he or she is doing. It may be verbal or physical but it is sexual in nature and is unwanted by the person it targets."
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