Why didn't you tell someone when it happened?

[ColemanMaskell]

46. All outrageous; but Child sexual abuse is the worst; and it is so appallingly commonplace

DT is scheduled for an upcoming court case, finally, on an alleged rape of a young teenage girl some years ago. Instructive on questions around reporting the crime. It's getting surprisingly little press coverage -- Imagine if that had been Hillary's husband ! -- Fox would be all over the story like piranhas.

It bears mentioning that the perpetrator often threatens the victim with seemingly convincing threats either of bodily harm or of harm to the victim's family members.

The following from
https://victimsofcrime.org/media/reporting-on-child-sexual-abuse/child-sexual-abuse-statistics

1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse;

Self-report studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood sexual assault or sexual abuse incident;

During a one-year period in the U.S., 16% of youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;

Over the course of their lifetime, 28% of U.S. youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;

Children are most vulnerable to CSA between the ages of 7 and 13.

According to a 2003 National Institute of Justice report, 3 out of 4 adolescents who have been sexually assaulted were victimized by someone they knew well

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A child who is the victim of prolonged sexual abuse usually develops low self-esteem, a feeling of worthlessness and an abnormal or distorted view of sex. The child may become withdrawn and mistrustful of adults, and can become suicidal
. . .

Child sexual abuse is not solely restricted to physical contact; such abuse could include noncontact abuse, such as exposure, voyeurism, and child pornography