Sexual abuse touches every life when.......

[Lucinda F. Boyd]

Sexual abuse touches every life when it leads to losses of trust, decreases in self esteem, and development of shame, guilt and depression.

Sexual abuse touches every life when it leads to eating disorders, abuse, gangs, substance abuse, violence, suicide, promiscuity/prostitution, other psychobehavioral issues;

The statistics are shocking

1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18.

1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18.

1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the internet.

The median age for reported abuse is 9 years old.

More than 20% of children are sexually abused before the age of 8.

Nearly 50% of all victims of forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and forcible fondling are children under 12.

Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children ages 17 and under.

An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse exist in America today.