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"KNOWLEDGE
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IS KNOWING A TOMATO IS A FRUIT
BUT NOT PUTTING IT IN A FRUIT SALAD"

​BEFORE WE CAN BEGIN TO HELP OURSELVES
OR OTHERS IN NEED WE MUST LEARN THE
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KNOWLEDGE  

FOR STATISTICS CLICK HERE
ABOUT GROOMING CLICK HERE
WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE UNSURE


​THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHILD MOLESTING
​AND RAPE

CHILD MOLESTING:
CHILD MOLESTING IS USUALLY ALWAYS DONE BY A FAMILY MEMBER, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE ABUSERS SMART CHOICE AND IT LESSENS THE CHANCES THAT HE/SHE WILL EVER GET CAUGHT.

​CHILD MOLESTING IS USUALLY LONG TO VERY LONG TERM, IT CAN CONTINUE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 14 YEARS AND OVER. ESSENTIALLY SPEAKING IT CAN START WHEN A CHILD IS A BABY AND GO ON WELL INTO THEIR TEENAGE YEARS IF NOTHING IS EVEN PUT INTO MOTION TO STOP IT.

​CHILD MOLESTING INVOLVES EXPOSING GENITAL PARTS OF THE VICTIM AND/OR THE ABUSER, THE TOUCHING OF BODY PARTS, PERFORMING SEXUAL ACTS, ORAL SEX, EXPOSURE TO INDECENT IMAGERY, SEEING ADULT MASTERBATION. ALL SEXUAL ACTS OTHER THAN INTERCOURSE WITH A MINOR IS CHILD MOLESTING.


90% OF CHILD MOLESTING IS DONE BY AN UNCLE, STEP FATHER, FATHER, COUSIN AND SO ON. BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS ARE TARGETED.

​THE LIFE LONG IMPLICATIONS OF BEING MOLESTED BY A FAMILY MEMBER ARE DESCRIBED BY SURVIVORS AS THE WORST BETRAYAL LIFE HAS EVER DEALT THEM WITH. CHILD MOLESTING HAS RUINED FAMILIES AND CONTIUES TO DO SO.

​MOLESTING CAN BE FORCEFUL BUT IN MOST CASES IT ISNT. A CHILD CAN BE WELL GROOMED BY THEIR ABUSER AND HARM GOES BY UNDETECTED UNTIL THE CHILD REACHES THEIR TEENS.

​MOLESTING MOSTLY HAPPENS FROM BIRTH TO TEENS, RAPE CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME FROM BIRTH TO ADULTHOOD


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RAPE:
RAPE USUALLY OCCURS BY A STRANGER AND USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS ONCE PER ABUSER. I SAY THIS BECAUSE MOST ABUSE VICTIMS HAVE SADLY BEEN RAPED AND/OR MOLESTED BY MORE THAN ONE ABUSER.

​RAPE IS ALWAYS FORCEFUL AND PAINFUL, HOWEVER DEPENDING ON THE VICTIMS AGE, SITUATION, RELATIONSHIP TO ABUSER, FEAR AND/OR SURROUNDINGS THERE MAY NOT ALWAYS BE A STRUGGLE. A LOT OF RAPE VICTIMS GO INTO A STATE OF SHOCK AND FREEZE.

​RAPE CAN BE VERY VIOLENT, EVEN AS A ONE TIME EVENT THE IMPLICATIONS AND NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES CAN LEAVE A VICTIM WITH LIFE LONG IMPLICATIONS AND MENTAL HEALT ISSUES.
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​RAPE CAN AND DOES OCCUR AT THE HANDS OF  A RELATIVE AND CAN ALSO BE LOGN TERM, YEARS.

​RAPE ABUSERS COME IN THE FORM OF MEN ANS WOMEN, A WOMAN FORCING A MINOR BOY TO HAVE SEX IS CALLED RAPE.

​RAPE CAN ALSO BE THE INSERTING OF AN OBJECT OTHER THAN A PENIS. I DO NOT NEED TO BE MORE GRAPHIC.



THE IMPLICATIONS OF  RAPE AND CHILD MOLESTING CAN TAKE A LIFETIME TO UNDO, ITS NOT A BLACK AND WHITE TEXT BOOK TOPIC NOR IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EXPLAINED 100%. YOU HAVE EITHER BEEN THROUGH IT AND KNOW FIRST HAND, YOU CAN GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE OR YOU CAN REACH OUT TO SURVIVORS AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. ALL SO YOU CAN HELP SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT FIGHT THIS BATTLE, EVEN BETTER YOU CAN HELP STOP CHILD ABUSE, THE POWER IS WITHIN YOU, ITS THE POWER TO SAY YOU WONT TURN A BLIND EYE.


ITS TIME WE TOOK CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SERIOUSLY,
​VERY SERIOUSLY..



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