Break the Silence

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Childhood Sexual Abuse
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What is it?

• Child sexual abuse is the exploitation or
  coercion of a child. Child sexual abuse involves
  a continuum of behavior that ranges from verbal,
  non-physical abuse to forcible touching offenses.

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• Abuse is rape, forcibly kissing, touching of
  private parts, showcase of obscene images,
  videos.

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53 of our population have faced child sexual
abuse atleast once in their childhood, i.e. one
in every two child is a victim.
?In 80 or more of child sexual abuse cases, the
child is abused by someone he or she knows and
trusts.
In approximately half of the cases in which the
child knows the offender, the trusted adult is a
father or stepfather
The peak ages for vulnerability to sexual abuse
are 9 to 12
An estimated 9 out of 10 cases of child sexual
abuse are never reported
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Consequences
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This trauma, this shame, this crime forever
stays with them and haunts them in their
adult life.
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• May lead on to promiscuity and eventually
  increase the average number of teen pregnancy.

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Common Effects
Sleep Disorders
Eating Disorders
Border Line Personality Disorders
Drug Abuse
Depression
Alcohol Abuse
Self Harm
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Flash Backs
Multiple Personality Disorders
Sexual Dysfunction
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• Will you help
• protect me?

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BREAK THE SILENCE
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Works Cited

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• Smallbone, Stephen. Preventing Child Sexual
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• Vassar, Gerry. "What Is Trauma?" Lakeside
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