Unveiling Child Sexual Assault: Causes and Prevention

Understanding the drive for molestation of an individual is hard to grasp. “Sick” is the word that parents and other individuals would describe it as. An article written to provide information on victims of sexual assault stated, “Approximately 1.8 million adolescents in the United States have been the victims of sexual assault” (NSOPW). The take on the issue is a very touchy subject to talk about. According to Murray, “Most victims happen to be women or young girls and their rapists are usually close family, friends, or distant acquaintances” (211). Most cases go unknown for various reasons. Predominantly, the victims are too afraid to speak up in fear of the molester finding out or they feel a sense of embarrassment by their families reaction

Every man and in some cases, women they may face gives them the anxiety and flashbacks of the incident. John Murray wrote an article for pedofile personality traits and stated, “Some personality and projective tests were taken from pedophiles that proves the common traits most of them have. Those traits include: fear, rejection, unable to function in social situations and the fear of being intimate with someone their own age” (214). Children who are sexually abused grow up afraid and in turn, develop low self esteems when they are adults. In some cases, women who were sexually abused start to act and look more like men to draw attention away from them.

Life-like childhood dolls are made to reduce the percentages of childhood and adult rapes. A man by the name of Shin Takagi founded the japanese company named Trottla (Halkon). Takagi created the company to reduce sexual molestations because he was once guilty of the crime too. He understands the urge to sexually assault individuals. “He described the urge as something that will not go away until the deed is done” (Halkon). Other individuals who have molested someone in

A pervert is not always just sexually molesting children but also women and men in their mature ages. Most guilty pedofiles claim they rape children and individuals because they are afraid of rejection of individuals their own age so they resort to an easily attainable human being (McLeod). Therapy to try and curve the direction of pedofiles sexual needs can help them cope with their abnormal sex drive and mental imperative. Some children experience a situation with their own father. It is actually common for a daughter’s father to rape her starting at a young age. A young woman by the name of Fran Henry, experienced sexual abuse by her own father (“Shedding Light”). She spoke out against child molesting and wanted to create a helpline for those who were victimized or the rapists themselves. Henry stated, “The abuse I suffered was egregious and affected every aspect of my life. But as an adult, I confronted my father. I realized that what I really wanted was not to see him in jail but to make it less likely to see other children suffer from what I had.” The importance of growing up in today’s society and being educated about sexual abuse is an important aspect of knowledge everyone should have. Many parents also do not recognize the warning signs from their children early on to