Sexual abuse

             Sexual abuse is an area of human behavior which, when discovered, quite understandably often evokes extreme reactions, due in the most part to ignorance, fear, and guilt. It dramatically effects a child's learning ability in the classroom. Sexual abuse of children is not an occasional deviant act but instead a devastating commonplace fact of everyday life. Our society tends to disbelieve and blame the young victims and underplay the horror of sexual molestation. Child sexual abuse occurs when a child is exploited for the sexual gratification of an older person. This may be in the form of fondling of genitals or breasts, oral, vaginal or anal intercourse (penetration can be by genitals, fingers or by an object), or exposing sexual parts of the body. The abuser may use physical abuse, bribery, threats, tricks, or take advantage of a younger child's lack of knowledge. When these acts occur within a family the sexual abuse is called incest. A child victim of sexual abuse, ability to learn in a classroom environment is brutally affected by their abusers actions. Sexual abuse destroys a child's innocence. It causes the victim to demonstrate poor decision making resulting in unnecessary behavioral issues in the classroom and inhibits the imperative socialization skills needed for positive interaction with fellow classmates and adult influences.
             Incest and other forms of sexual abuse of children are subjects clouded by myths, contradictions and confusions, resulting in a topic easier to be avoided then confronted. There is an apparent disagreement among doctors, therapists, sexologists, and researchers regarding whether as many boys to girls are molested, whether they are equally traumatized, and whether the child victim in some way offers them self for a sexual encounter or whether the molester derives their behavior from a fractured family (Prendergast, 1996, p.33). "Speculation as to the number of incidents varies fr...

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