When
everything goes wrong in the family unit, crisis comes out of the darkness to consume all
the members of the family. One of the worse examples of a family breaking down
happens to be the area of sexual sins. Below are a few examples of the family unit
breaking down in the area of sexual sins.
Statistics:
- Every two and a half minutes,
somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.
- One in six American women
are victims of sexual assault, and one in 33 men.
- In 2004-2005, there were an average
annual 200,780 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.
- About 44% of rape victims are under
age 18, and 80% are under age 30.
- Since 1993, rape/sexual assault
has fallen by over 69%.
If I have been
attacked, abused sexually, what can be done? National
Sexual Assault Hotline
• 1.800.656.HOPE
• Free. Confidential. 24/7.
- Find a safe environment — anywhere
away from the attacker. Ask a trusted friend to stay with you for moral support.
- Know that what happened was not your
fault and that now you should do what is best for you.
- Report the attack to police by calling
911. A counselor on the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE can help you
understand the process.
- Preserve evidence of the attack -
don't bathe or brush your teeth.
- Write down all the details you can
recall about the attack & the attacker.
- Ask the hospital to conduct a rape
kit exam to preserve forensic evidence.
- If you suspect you were drugged,
ask that a urine sample be collected. The sample will need to be analyzed later on
by a forensic lab.
- If you know that you will never
report, still consider:
- Get medical attention. Even with
no physical injuries, it is important to determine the risks of STDs and
pregnancy.
Incest:
Incest is often included as a subset of
Sexual Assault of Children. While there is a substantial amount of overlap in the two
types of assault, for the purposes of this website we have separated them in recognition
of the different needs that victims of each type of assault may have. Definition: Sexual
contact between persons who are so closely related that their marriage is illegal (e.g.,
parents and children, uncles/aunts and nieces/nephews, etc.). This usually takes the form
of an older family member sexually abusing a child or adolescent. Incest
is considered by many experts to be a particularly damaging form of sexual abuse because
it is perpetrated by individuals whom the victim trusts and depends upon. In addition,
support can also be lacking and pressure to keep silent powerful as fear of the family
breaking up can be overwhelming to other family members. Incest
can include such sexual acts as:
- Noncontact acts- sexual
comments, exposure, voyeurism, showing pornographic materials, etc.
- Sexual contact- touching,
rubbing
- Digital or object penetration-
both of the victim and of the perpetrator
- Oral sex- both of the victim
and of the perpetrator
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- Penile penetration- vaginal,
anal, animals
Circumstances of the sexual acts can also
be diverse including:
- Dyadic sexual abuse- involving two
people (victim and perpetrator)
- Group sex
- Sex rings
- Sexual exploitation
- Child pornography
- Child prostitution
Parents
cannot be to careful in protecting their children from sexual predators. Please view
the following Article for example: Close Watch http://askpastormark.com/sex/watch.htm |
