
Sexual Abuse Support Group
Sexual abuse is a relative cultural term used to describe sexual relations and behavior between two or more parties which are considered criminally and/or morally offensive. Different types of sexual abuse involve: Non-consensual, forced physical sexual behavior such as rape, incest or sexual assault, or psychological forms of abuse, such as verbal sexual behavior or...

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This is what I found online today about the frequency of child sexual abuse in the United States/Canada:
Official child abuse statistics show that 1 out of 4 girls and 1 out of 5 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 17 and of those, 95% will know their abusers. These statistics show that 30% of child sexual abuse survivors are victimized by family members. Only a small percentage of child sexual abuse is by strangers.
So, when information like this is so readily available, why do people have such a hard time believing that it exists? Why are the disclosures of children and of adult children treated with such suspicion? Why are most parents not more vigilant, especially when it comes to friends and family?
I am an incest survivor. I'm a walking testimony to the fact that anyone can be an abuser. There are no 100% safe people. We have to be more vigilant as a society, and we have to believe our children when they disclose.
Official child abuse statistics show that 1 out of 4 girls and 1 out of 5 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 17 and of those, 95% will know their abusers. These statistics show that 30% of child sexual abuse survivors are victimized by family members. Only a small percentage of child sexual abuse is by strangers.
So, when information like this is so readily available, why do people have such a hard time believing that it exists? Why are the disclosures of children and of adult children treated with such suspicion? Why are most parents not more vigilant, especially when it comes to friends and family?
I am an incest survivor. I'm a walking testimony to the fact that anyone can be an abuser. There are no 100% safe people. We have to be more vigilant as a society, and we have to believe our children when they disclose.
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There is just so much more information out there today on the subject and yet people still cling to their denial about how pervasive child sexual abuse is.
And as a parent - I cannot imagine not believing my child if he had told me he had been abused. I would have been out the door and on my way to the abuser's house - in a falsh.
I agree - we must believe the children.
numbers can be worked to show anything you want do i belive that yes i do and i think its lower than people want to admit to everybody here that posted has a valid point but its just like rape underreported why because of fear,not fear of the abuser but fear of sociaty looking down on them
how many here once you told someone what happened to you did they look at you different,was your friedship changed by it,i not sorry i told anybody i needed to to get over this but if i was younger i would have never said anything to anyone