
TheDutrouxAffairinvadedthebodiesofanentiregenerationofchildrenin1990sBelgium,theirsexualityandsenseofsecurityshapedbythissensationalchildkidnappingandsexualabusecasethatdistortedanation’scollectiveidentityandmemory.<br/> TheDutrouxAffair,anotoriouschildkidnappingandsexualabusecasethatstruckBelgiuminthe1990s,createdsuchamediacircusthatitdistortedanentirenation'scollectiveidentityandmemory.Thegenerationofchildrenshapedbyitssordidlysensationalandpervasivecoveragearenowadultslookingtoredresstheirfears,confusionandmistrust.UsingshakyVHStapesfromthetimecoupledwithvoiceover,thesevoicesofagenerationconfronttheirexperiencesofthecrimesas"athreatthatinvadesyourbody."Theirprivaterecollectionsfocusontheeffectsofhearinggraphicdescriptionsofrapeandpedophiliaatsuchayoungagethatitledtothenormalizationanddevelopmentofsexualityinformedbysexualabuse.AqueasyfamiliaritypervadesPetites(LittleGirls),specifictothiscase,decadeandmediamomentwhen24-hournewswentmainstream,butalsomoregenerallytochildsexualabusebeingastabooasever,withitsexploitationandmediasaturationsimplymovedonline.