Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is defined by the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person to another. Generally, sexual abuse tends to be inflicted against females.

Child sexual abuse is the sexual assault of a minor or sexual activity between a minor and an older person in which the dominant position of the older person is used to coerce or exploit the younger. The assailants can be of either sex as can their targets. Child sexual abuse is illegal in all countries about which information is available. Although these laws differ in detail, all set an age - typically near puberty - under which all sexual contact with adults is deemed abusive. Above this age, sexual contact may be judged abuse depending on the use of violence or coercion or the type of relationship involved. Incest between parents and their children is one universally condemned type of child sexual abuse that is illegal at all ages.

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Related Links:

• Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
• US National Library of Medicine
• Stop It Now!

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