Title: 10 Things You Might Not Realize About Child Sexual Abusers | Working Mother
Headings: 10 Things You Might Not Realize About Child Sexual Abusers
10 Things You Might Not Realize About Child Sexual Abusers
Knowing the truth can keep your kid from becoming a victim.
1. Most sex offenders do not re-offend.
2. Sex offenses usually happen over time.
3. Abusers will often desensitize a child to physical touch.
4. Sex offenders try to decrease the likelihood of disclosure.
5. Sex crimes have more to do with the situation than the person.
6. Child molesters often keep secrets with their victims.
7. Boyfriends pose a higher risk than do biological dads.
8. Young women underestimate the personal risk of sexual abuse and assault.
9. LGBTQ youth are at twice the risk of sexual violence.
10. Delayed disclosure of abuse is common.
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Content: 1. Most sex offenders do not re-offend. Serial predators are the exception rather than the rule. The majority of known sex offenders—about 85 percent—do not go on to commit another offense. 2. Sex offenses usually happen over time. Popular media often presents an image of an offender who springs out of nowhere to attack a victim, but the reality is that most offenders take time to groom their victims. Sexual grooming is a series of steps and stages the abuser goes through before the abuse actually begins. Usually, they have worked hard to gain the trust of the victim—and often the victim’s family before the abuse occurs. 3.