uot;the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct." (Rein 64) In other words, any type of sexual exploitation of a minor for the gratification of an adult can be considered sexual abuse. Furthermore, familial abuse, or incest involves a family member- someone who is of blood relation and too close to marry. On the other hand, extra familial abuse involves a person outside of the family. These offenders may be strangers, but they are more likely a person in a position of trust, such as friends of the family, teachers, neighbors, acquaintances or religious advisors. In addition, forms of sexual abuse include exhibitionism, or the showing of private body parts directly or through a photograph, the touching or fondling of private areas on a child or the forcing of the victim to touch the offender either on top of or under the clothes and the taking of photographs of an exposed child. The most commonly known forms of molestation include rape or forced intercourse, incest and sodomy. These acts may occur over an extended period of time or they may be a one-time incident.
             Although child sexual abuse is the least reported of any type of mistreatment, some statistics are still known. It has been discovered that one in every five girls as well as one in every seven boys have been sexually molested as a child. In addition, the average age of a sexual abuse victim is between seven and thirteen, but children far
             younger have been accosted. Some are only a few months old. Furthermore, ninety percent of all child sexual molestation victims know their abusers; they are fathers, mothers, siblings, step-parents, close relatives, caretakers or friends. They are rarely the monsters most people imagine lurking around playgr...