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Sexual
abuse may range from things that seem innocent to some that are
obviously abusive:
- Unwanted
physical affection or touching.
- Asking personal
questions about a youth’s sexual behavior, or telling a youth
details of the adult’s sexual behavior.
- Not letting
youth have privacy when changing, showering, using the bathroom,
etc.
- Giving youth
pornography or other sexual material, like nude pictures or sexually
descriptive stories.
- Any sexual
touching of a youth by an adult.
- Asking youth
to have sexual contact with each other, possibly for the adult
to watch.
- A youth can’t
legally give consent (say “yes” or “no”) to
having sexual contact with an adult. Sex between an adult and
a youth is always wrong, it’s always abuse, and the adult
is always to blame.
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DISCUSS:
Youth, especially boys, often won’t report sexual abuse.
What do you think might be some reasons for this?
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