Sexual abuse, just like any other kind of abuse, does not allow a child to feel secure in the surrounding environment, leaving the child emotionally distraught and, in some cases, unable to learn normal functions during growth (Adult 1). In this way, the effects of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) usually do not end in childhood. It is a crime that, thankfully, is commonly punished with more severity than murder. Memories of the abuse often haunt the child all through life, whether socially, physically, or mentally, even if the child does not realize it.
Adults that experience sexual abuse as children are 200 percent more likely to attempt suicide and 400 percent more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder. In addition, they have a 300 percent …show more content…
Something as simple as scaring them for a joke can trigger this, but revictimization especially does. The chances of PTSD occurring in a CSA victim as an adult is about 33 percent (Dominquex 3). As written in Understanding Child Sexual Abuse, “[Victims with PTSD] may idealize the perpetrator, have difficulty in establishing and maintaining trusting relationships, and display a tendency to be revictimized or to victimize others” (30). A common symptom of PTSD, a sense of dullness often consumes victims as adults, affecting how they react to important events and around others (Rowan 29). This may result in the past victims seeming uninterested in important events such as birthdays, graduations, weddings, …show more content…
For this reason, it commonly has a harsher punishment than murder. With knowledge of this crime increasing, CSA may eventually cease to exist; however, knowledge of why it ever happens in the first place may never surface. Only with more research will the human race have a chance at stopping it before it happens. After all, ignorance of how to deal with CSA worsens the situation, so why not understand it
Adults that experience sexual abuse as children are 200 percent more likely to attempt suicide and 400 percent more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder. In addition, they have a 300 percent …show more content…
Something as simple as scaring them for a joke can trigger this, but revictimization especially does. The chances of PTSD occurring in a CSA victim as an adult is about 33 percent (Dominquex 3). As written in Understanding Child Sexual Abuse, “[Victims with PTSD] may idealize the perpetrator, have difficulty in establishing and maintaining trusting relationships, and display a tendency to be revictimized or to victimize others” (30). A common symptom of PTSD, a sense of dullness often consumes victims as adults, affecting how they react to important events and around others (Rowan 29). This may result in the past victims seeming uninterested in important events such as birthdays, graduations, weddings, …show more content…
For this reason, it commonly has a harsher punishment than murder. With knowledge of this crime increasing, CSA may eventually cease to exist; however, knowledge of why it ever happens in the first place may never surface. Only with more research will the human race have a chance at stopping it before it happens. After all, ignorance of how to deal with CSA worsens the situation, so why not understand it