Child Abuse : Sibling Incest

Today in America, an estimated 80% of the population has at least one sibling. While it is true that no two families are identical, the relationship between siblings plays a central role in their development and growth. Younger siblings for example, might be prone to mimic the actions of their older siblings, viewing their older siblings as faultless and heroic figures. On the other hand, older siblings are often viewed as authority figures and are seldom questioned. They might develop as friends with an inseparable bond or as bitter rivals seeking supremacy over the others. Regardless of the nature of their relationship, siblings that share a household are forced to interact with each other more than any other friend or family member. Sibling

Sexual abuse is a prevalent crime that can have numerous short and long term effects on a victim. It describes as any form sexual activity that is accomplished by force or threat where consent is not given. This includes rape, molestation, incest, and other similar forms of non-consensual sexual contact. The effects of sexual abuse are not the same for every victim, victims may feel varied responses and emotions that can depend on own situations. The act of abuse may had happened a long time ago or be more recent.

As time progresses on, more reports of child sexual abuse (CSA) have been documented. According to Colangelo and Cooperman, CSA is defined as “the use of a child under 18 years of age as an object of gratification for adult sexual needs and desires.” Another definition of CSA is “sexual abuse [that] occurs whenever one person dominates and exploits another by means of sexual activity or suggestion.” (Hall, M., & Hall, J., 2011) it is difficult to

Steiger and Zanko (1990) compared rates of incestuous abuses (sexual contacts with family members) and extrafamilial abuses

In Fromuth and Conn (1997)’s study of self-reported sexual perpetrators in a college population, 68% of the victims were identified as family members. Faller (1995) reported that in the sample of 40 clinically-referred perpetrators, 85% were mothers and 55% abused only their own children, whereas 30% abused both their own and other’s children.

“Abuse and neglect of children occurs in all types of families regardless of race, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or religious group” (Lingern, 2008). There is no single cause of child abuse. Instead it is the result of many forces, within the family, working towards the destruction of the child’s psyche. The most important thing to remember is that it is never the child’s fault. Three prevalent risk factors for those who abuse children are: parents who were abused as a child, parents that abuse drugs and alcohol, and parents with mental illnesses.

The nature of early childhood adversity and trauma can be emotional, physical or sexual, with sexual abuse being the most commonly identified factor in almost all cases of people who have been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (du Plessis & Vesser, 2014; Sar & Ozturk, 2012). Furthermore , the sexual abuse if often incestuous which is also displayed in the case of one of the characters of the movie(Rose) that this discussion focused on, who was often sexually and physically abused by her brother Dale. However, as Spira(1996 cited in Harrison,n.d) notes, this is not the case in all instances of dissociative identity disorder, even if sexual abuse may be present in some cases, it is not always committed by a family member. Other

As in other forms of sexual abuse, sibling sexual abuse does not necessarily involve sexual touching. The abuser may force two or more other children to engage in sexual activity with one another. The abuser may force siblings to watch sexual activity or a pornographic video; and the abuser may abuse siblings by repeatedly watching them dress, shower or use the toilet when they don’t want to be watched. (Marcia burke, 2005)

Family violence is always disheartening. Childhood sexual abuse is by far the worse. There are many forms of childhood sexual abuse. The sexual abuse can involve seduction by a beloved relative or it can be a violent act committed by a stranger. Childhood sexual trauma causes psychological, interpersonal, and behavioral. This paper will show a first account of the impact of childhood trauma.

The first category introduces one of the most common forms of female sexual predation. Mothers who abuse their children are typically the most common of female sexual offenders. They take advantage of any sexual situation and usually have a history of incestuous sexual victimization (Rufo, 2011). Children who are in an incestuous relationship with their mother are often pressured into the relation with the threat of having the family broken up or taken to a foster home. Because of this, therapists have a difficult time recognizing the signs of mother-child incestuous relationships because of the child’s fear of revealing the abuse (Rufo,

Sexual abuse can be very devastating to an individual both short term and long term. Being a victim of abuse is important to recognize and understand because of the long lasting negative effects of psychological problems and interpersonal distress that are often associated with the abuse (Messman & Long, 2003). Abuse can happen to anyone, young or old, at any time in their life. Childhood abuse, in particular, is believed to increase the likelihood that women will be sexually abused as an adult, because of their vulnerability to form attachments with men who victimize them (Czaja, Dutton, & Spatz, 2008). Some people never experience any kind of abuse, others might be a

A: MHS will sit down and discuss with member and one of his siblings what triggers member to act out towards siblings in a violent way.

Given the lack of consideration of the violence that occurs between siblings, literature is scant on the topic. Furthermore, a clear definition of sibling violence has not been agreed upon globally (Shadik, Perkins, & Kovacs, 2013). Researchers do consider sibling relationship to include biological, half, adoptive, and foster siblings (Button & Gealt, 2010, p. 131). Stutey (2015) defined sibling violence as the intentional physical violence imposed by one child in a family on another. Caffaro and Conn-Caffaro (1998) narrowed their definition of sibling violence as the repeated and escalated physical aggression that is motivated by the desire to

For families, many of these crimes are perpetrated by family members of the victim who seek to gain a profit or source of income. In other instances families may be unaware of the circumstances in which their child, or sibling are being forced to lived due to having lost contact with them when they were forced into sexual slavery, which results in a tremendous sense of fear and concern for those who continue to search for their loved one. In the cases where victims are rescued or escape from sexual exploitation, their ability to reengage in their family is often inhibited by the traumatic experiences they have survived – with far reaching consequences on the dynamics and closeness of those family units. Most unfortunate of all, is in many honour-shame

In America, incest is another shocking form of sexual, social deviance. In the Netherlands and Belgium, you can have sex with close family members, if you are over the age of 18 and it is consensual. In other countries, cousins are