Adult_Survivors_Of_Incest_And_Sexual_Abuse

Adult Survivors Of Incest And Sexual Abuse Adult Survivors Of Incest And Sexual Abuse The purpose of this paper is to look at adult survivors of Incest and sexual abuse I will attempt to define explain and analyze the effects of incest on the adult survivors. How do you counsel a incest survivor' Definition Incest is a betrayal of trust through sexual activity between biological or marital relatives. It manifests either in the form of a "consensual" relationship, as with a brother and sister, or in the more common form of non-consensual abuse. Further, incest offenders project their sexual expression both overtly and covertly by means of inappropriate touching, verbal seduction, abuse, objectification, intercourse, sodomy, direct threats and implied threats. Perpetrators of incest are both men and women, although the majority are men. Both girls and boys are victimized, with the majority of victims being girls. Perpetrators may include: grandfathers and grandmothers, fathers and mothers, uncles and aunts, brothers and sister, friend of the family, teacher -- the list is endless. Incest cuts across lines of race and class. Incestuous abuse may start as early in a child's life as a few months old and may last throughout the teen years and into adulthood., Statistics ,Myths and Facts • 4.5% of women incest, abuse, sexual, counselor, abused, victims, client, children, victim, women, sex, adult, trust, often, men, life, child, because, problems, out, one, very, survivors, stage, sexually, memories, experience, about, myth, must, feelings, feel, fact, time, survivor