MILLIONS OF ADULT WOMEN CARRY SCARS OF INCEST VICTIMIZATION

There is a conspiracy of silence that keeps childhood sexual abuse, particularly, incestuous abuse “hush-hush.” At  csasurvivor.net we have attempted to break the silence that keeps this crime a secret trauma where victims must suffer in their solitude.

Whatever statistics we have presented here, at csasurvivor.net, are just the tip of the iceberg. Sadly,  childhood sexual abuse, more so, incestuous abuse are grossly unreported crimes.

No one knows, not psychologists, sociologists, criminologists, the REAL FIGURE of childhood sexual abuse victims. The true percentage of boys and girls who have been sexually assaulted, molested and abused will remain a relative unknown if victims live alone in silent fear. 

When it comes to incestuous abuse, here are some startling factors:

• father/daughter relationship is the most traumatic 
• abused daughters have more tragic, traumatic, long-term effects such as PTSD 
• fathers because of their authority/power are more likely to impose vaginal intercourse knowing their daughters will easily sumbit (you just don’t tell daddy NO, right?)
• fathers sexually abuse daughters more frequently, sometimes, every night, as though their daughters were their wives

THE CRIME DOESN’T DISCRIMINATE

• girls reared in high income families are more frequently victimized (more long-term abuse) than girls in lower-income families (money can keep a whole lot of people quiet for a very, very, very, long time)
• but girls whose fathers held blue collar and unskilled jobs are more vulnerable to victimization
• race and ethnicity have little to do with incestuous abuse
• being reared by a stepfather increase  vulnerability
• religious background not signigficant when it comes to incestuous sexual abuse

To enhance your perspective, that’s if you haven’t already done so, please (take a glimpse to your right) and read:

• Incest & A Family in Denial
• Incest Research Articles
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Sexual Abuse Trauma

Please, enjoy reading as much as we have enjoyed sharing these perspectives, and please, comment, ask questions, seek more knowledge and then, turn around, and share what you now know. (RC)