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The Sobering Truths Surrounding Boyhood Sexual Assault
Sexual abuse of children is a taboo subject that has historically been kept hidden in the closets of people around the world. It is a subject that no one wants to believe is real, and yet we see the results of this maltreatment all around us every day.
The definition of sexual abuse is “unwanted sexual contact involving force, threats, or a large age difference between the perpetrator and the child.” However, this definition does not cover all the sexual encounters that a little boy may have that are abusive. Sometimes the abuse feels good, and the boy’s body responds. Even though the boy responds, he is still just a child and is in no way responsible for the abuse perpetrated against him.
An even harder subject for society to speak about is the fact that one in six boys suffer sexual violence before turning the age of eighteen. Most of these victims, 34% will be victimized by a family member.
The Sad Statistics of Boyhood Sexual Abuse
Sadly, the statistics of the ages at which the victimizations take place are very disheartening as well, showing that 27.8% of these innocent little boys become victims before the age of ten.
The above statistics are even more mind-boggling when you consider they were only speaking of male…
