My View on Sexual Abuse

“Getting Deep into Sexual Abuse”
Should I tell my parents? What will they do if they find out that my uncle raped me? Will he go to prison? Will my parents even call the police on him? I’m so baffled right now, what should I do? Lord, give me a sign, should I tell or keep it a secret? What am I supposed to do? But if I’m pregnant and my parents find out, what will I tell them? Should I just say, “Oh nothing bad happened, just that my uncle raped me and I’m pregnant.” No, I can’t tell, I won’t tell. I’m scared.
These are the thoughts and questions of a confused teenager that has been sexually abused and does not know what to do. There are so many teens and children who go through these problems and all of the other scenarios. When a person is sexually abused or harassed, they have a right to tell some one about it. They have no need to keep it a secret from their parents or whom ever because it will only make the situation worse. The Health Central Depression News states that “Suicide risk increased in sexually abused teens.” When a person is sexually abused and they don not inform any one about it, the sex offender and predator will remain harassing and abusing them which will oppress them and eventually leave to so much stress that the child or teenager commits suicide.
The Canadian Children’s Right Council surveyed that 75% of sexual predators are men and 25% are female but 86% of the victims of female predators are not believed. Also, about 75% of sexual abuse has been by family members. When a person is abused by a family member, it is a worse situation because they feel like since a family member abused them, they can not tell on their own family because then other family members will be upset with them for telling and getting them into trouble. Often times when a child tells someone they have been abused and are not believed, the abuse continues and they don’t tell of the problem anymore because they think that if no one believed them once, why would they believe it the second time?
Children of every race, religion, color, size, and shape have been sexually abused or incested. Common results in children who have been sexually abused are self-hatred, alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, depression, inability to trust other people, and suicide. Sexual abuse is can either be physical, verbal or emotional. It can include sexual touching or fondling, exposing children to pornographic movies and photos, having children perform or undress in a sexual fashion, and rape or attempted rape. Sexual abuse is an abuse of power over a child and a violation over a child’s right to normal, healthy, and trusting relationships (Coolnurse).
Child sexual abuse is a very important issue that takes place every where to anyone, not only children. If you are sexually abused, the best thing to do is tell some one so that it can stop. If you keep it a secret for too long, when you finally have the courage to tell, it might be too late. Once it is too late for anything to be done, there is no way back so do not keep sexual abuse and incest a secret or more trouble will come out of it.