Essay On Child Abuse Against Children

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Feature: “Alina is a six years old girl who studies in Grade 1. There is a peon in her school who takes her to the store room every day whenever he sees her alone. He used to make her sit on his lap and make her do inappropriate things. He warns Alina that if she tells anyone, he will make her regret that. Even though she feels uncomfortable but she does not tell anyone about it. At this age Alina does not even know that she has been sexually abused” Okay Alina isn’t a real girl but her hypothetical story reflects the reality of many people in our society who have been sexually abused in their childhood without even knowing and horrors of these incidents haunts them at every stage of their lives. Abuse against children fills our news stream every other day. In …show more content…

This makes them feel guilty that something should be wrong with them and that it is their mistake if this has happened. When a child is sexually abused, it breaks bonds of trust. It is a violation of the sovereignty of the self and one’s zone of physical intimacy. It is a spiritual act of violence that attacks not only the body but also the mind. It can take decades, or even a lifetime, to recover if recovery is even emotionally available for the survivor. Childhood abuse contributes to the likelihood of depression, anxiety disorders, addictions, personality disorders, poor self-esteem, aggressive behaviour, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts in the victims. They lose trust on the relationships, they can’t talk with confidence, they perform poorly in their exams, they start to avoid social gatherings, they can never share their problems with anyone and you as a parent think that your child is misbehaving and just being stubborn where as it is opposite in

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