Desensitisation
Definition
A staged reduction of the target's resistance to sexual topics or contact, achieved in grooming through gradual introduction of sexual content, normalisation references, and testing reactions before escalating further.
Related terms
- Conversation analysis
- The systematic study of the sequential structure of talk : how turns are allocated, how topics are initiated and responded to, and...
- Entrapment
- A legal defence arguing that law enforcement induced the defendant to commit an offence they would not otherwise have committed. In online...
- Illocutionary act
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- Online grooming
- A process by which an offender builds trust and emotional connection with a child (and sometimes the child's family) with the intention...
- Secrecy enforcement
- Linguistic strategies used by the groomer to prevent disclosure by the child: framing the relationship as a special secret, warning of consequences...
Explained in
- Online Grooming: Linguistic Patterns and EvidenceA staged reduction of the target's resistance to sexual topics or contact, achieved in grooming through gradual introduction of sexual content, normalisation r...