Child Sexual Abuse Info
On June - 21 - 2013
What is child sexual abuse?
Child sexual abuse is any interaction between a child and an adult (or another child) in which the child is used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or an observer. A central characteristic of any abuse is domination of the child by the perpetrator through deception, force, or coercion into sexual activity. Children, due to their age, cannot give meaningful consent to sexual activity.
Child sexual abuse includes touching and non-touching behaviors:
- sexual kissing
- inappropriate touching or fondling of the child’s genitals, breasts, or buttocks
- masturbation
- oral-genital contact
- sexual or digital (with fingers) penetration
- pornography (forcing the child to view or use of the child in)
- child prostitution
- exposure or “flashing” of body parts to the child
- voyeurism (ogling of the child’s body)
- verbal pressure for sex
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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