Among many forms of child abuses ,sexual abuse is one of the serious crime which without doubt reserved a serious jail terms. According to reported child sexual abuse cases ,most of abusers are babysitters ,family members ,friends or neighbours . Most of these sexual aggressiveness against children are related in one form or another.
In Zimbabwe alone according to kubatana.net over 20 000 cases reported to the police in within 8 years. This figures translated to 7 reported cases of child sexual abuse perpetrated per day. Remember most of the cases are not reported because of how this crimes are occurring within closely related people.
Child Sexual Abuse , Kempe and Kempe (1978)says is the involvement of dependent developmentally immature children and adolescence or adult in sexual activities that they don't comprehend to which they are unable to give informed consent or that violate the social taboo or family rules. Child sexual abuse is therefore forcing a child into sexual simulation by pressuring him/her to engage in sexual activities for example indecent exposure of private body parts to a minor or displaying any pornographic materials in front of children or actual sexual contact not necessarily refering to medical examinations.
There are different kinds of sexual abuse:
•Incest is sexual activity which involve family members who are biologically related.
•Paedophila:The perpetrators have pre-pubertal of girls by boys. Errotic fascination for children,non -violent and consists of genital fondling ,oral carelessing or genital viewing.
•Molestation are behaviours such as fondling,kissing,touching and masturbating.
•Exhibitionism perpetrators strip one's clothes for people to see his/her genital.
•Homophobia a fear of homosexuals is regarded as psychological disorder first identified in late 1950s. Homophobia cause by negative attitudes caused by lesibians ,gays or bisexuals who are antipathy. Like horrors of racism and anti semitism ,homophobia dehuminize children to be against huminity ,dignity and personhood . Homophobe children are being labelled to display homophobia or forced to think so because of authority exerted on them.
•Sexual Intercourse activities include oral genital,anal genital and penile penetration or vigina.Rape or attempted rape girls under 12 cannot consent.The statutory rape which is the sexual relationship with a girl under 16 with or without her consent.
•Sexual sadism where perpetrators injures by cutting the victim and get sexual satisfaction .
Children pornography production and distribution involving child in sexual act.
Children prostitution ,invovement of children for commercial sex.Indecent assult to boys and girls .
•Sodomy relationship males invoving sex anal penetration.
•Cultural practice in African traditions for instance,where a girl child is forced into marriage ,because the family seek favours of food,money,livestork or to avege spirits and other illnesses.The use of mysterious goblins in sexual acts for maintain riches or supremacy.Or simply involve in sexual act magically with someone without consent.
•Genital mutilation a cultural practice of cutting a girl's clitoris to depress their sexual feelings.Signs and symptoms are oftenly hidden with sometimes physical signs absent.Some children don't know how to say it and afraid to tell anyone.Infact child sexual abuses occur frequently only few case are reported to the police.
Some children are advanced in sexual language that can be observed when playing.The children may develop fears of particular person or anxiety of anything.
♠Some of the causes of Child Abuse:
lack to control one's anger,unrealistic expectation of a child,isolation from the family or have mental health problems.
♠Frustration of life in general, alcohol and drug abuse,personal problems eg unemployment or financial problems or traditonal beliefs like aveging spirits,child marriage ,etc
♠Parents' ignorance where children abused as property and parents think that right to abuse their children anyway thy want.Or children are toughened up to face the harhships in life.
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