Sexual abuse of children and minors

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Main article: Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which a child is abused for the sexual gratification of an adult or older adolescent.^[4][5] In addition to direct sexual contact, child sexual abuse also occurs when an adult indecently exposes their genitalia to a child, asks or pressures a child to engage in sexual activities, displays pornography to a child, or uses a child to produce child pornography.^[4][6][7]

Effects of child sexual abuse include guilt and self-blame, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, fear of things associated with the abuse (including objects, smells, places, doctor's visits, etc.), self-esteem issues, sexual dysfunction, chronic pain, addiction, self-injury, suicidal ideation, somatic complaints, depression,^[8] post-traumatic stress disorder,^[9] anxiety,^[10], other mental illnesses (including borderline personality disorder and dissociative identity disorder^{[citation needed]}), propensity to re-victimization in adulthood,^[11] and physical injury to the child, among other problems.^[12]
Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest, and can result in more serious and long-term psychological trauma, especially in the case of parental incest.^[13]

Approximately 15% to 25% of women and 5% to 15% of men were sexually abused when they were children.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} Most sexual abuse offenders are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often fathers, uncles or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances such as friends of the family, babysitters, or neighbors; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases. Most child sexual abuse is committed by men; women commit approximately 14% of offenses reported against boys and 6% of offenses reported against girls.^[14] Most offenders who abuse pre-pubescent children are pedophiles,^[19][20] however a small percentage do not meet the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia.^[21]