Sexual abuse is any unwanted exposure, at any age, to sexual experiences through:


  1. •  Sexual jokes or comments

  2. •  Pornographic pictures

  3. •  Witnessing sexual exposure or actions

  4. •  Inappropriate touch and fondling

  5. •  Sexualized kissing, hugging and tickling

  6. •  Oral sex

  7. •  Intercourse or any other penetration

  8. •  Any other sexual behaviors to which both persons are not consenting



Sexual abuse can be identified as sexual trauma when the psychological and physiological consequences include:


  1. •  Overwhelming emotion

  2. •  Intense fear

  3. •  Feelings of utter helplessness

  4. •  Hypervigilance

  5. •  Intrusive imagery and flashbacks

  6. •  Dissociation

  7. •  Reduced ability to deal with stress

  8. •  Sleep disturbances

  9. •  Patterns of reenactment

  10. •  Chronic pain syndromes

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Anita Rubin-Meiller, LMSW

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Dawn McCalla, LMSW

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