Child sexual abuse refers to sexual abuse of a child by an adult or some other person significantly older in the position of power or control over the child where child is used for sexual stimulation of another person. When an adult abuses children for sexual pleasure refers to child sexual abuse.
No. It’s difficult to identify the perpetrators from their outer structure. People who may sexually abuse children are also from the family, neighbors. They come from all classes, racial and religious backgrounds and may be homosexual or heterosexual. Most of those we know about who sexually abuse children are men, but some are women too.
Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
a. Physical – Difficulties in walking – Sign of unexplained genital injury – Vaginal or penile discharge – Pregnancy (in case of a girl) – Fear with adults unnecessarily
b. Mental – Anxiety and depressive symptoms – Sleep disturbance and less appetite – Inappropriate behavior such as sucking finger or bed wet – Stay alone – Loss of competence and confidence – Unnecessary aggressive – Self hatred
c. Social – Fear of disclosing the incident and losing prestige in public – Tackling behavior of the child will be difficult – Parents want to keep the incidents secret due to social problem – ignoring the child psychology – Family pressure Serious – Thinking of and committing suicide – Re victimization – Hurt himself.
Yes. According to the world record one in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused. Then think once how critical the issue is.
Child pornography refers to images or films including sexually explicit photographs, negatives, slides, magazines, movies, videotapes and computer disks depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child, as such, child pornography are a visual record of child sexual abuse. Child pornography is inseparable from the sexual abuse of children. Uncomfortable photos and information are automatically arrived in the email address. To attract the children sexually this type of files and sites are automatically arrived in spasm, pop-ups and deception. Child pornography falls into two categories.
Of course pornography is one of the worst forms of the CSA which refers to images or films including sexually explicit photographs, negatives, slides, magazine, movies and videotapes and computer disk depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child as such. Child pornography is inseparable from the sexual abuse of the children.
Yes there are many more Misconceptions about the CSA. It is equally prevalent either in literate or in illiterate. Some of them are as follows
Yes. It also support in the legal action and psycho social support to the victim. As per the need VOC also support in the long term basis for the victims.
Children who are separated from their families and who run away from their families to escape from violence and abuse are become street children. Children employed as laborers in restaurants, factories, transportation services, domestic workers, porters and rag pickers; they are all exposed to exploitation and abuse due to the long working hours, work load, low wages and verbal and physical harassment. Children who don’t go to school.
Family Environment, Family violence, alcoholic parents, death of one or both parents, remarriage of parents, negligence and rejection, lack of adequate love, care from family members. Other reasons such as extreme poverty, famine, lack of education, attraction of city life, natural or manmade disaster.
Any boy or a girl who has not reached adulthood, for whom the street (in the broadest sense of the word, including unoccupied dwellings, wasteland etc) has become his or her habitual abode/or sources of livelihood, and who is inadequately protected, supervised or directed by responsible adults. (Inter NGO, Switzerland, 1985)