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offenders*
Baseline Surveys for the National Objectives for Health, DOH, 2000
Reasons why boys do not report sexual abuse:
¨ Homophobia encouragement to
¨ Beliefs about report e.g. rape laws
masculinity define rape as being
committed only on a
female.
MYTH 6:
Brown, J. 2012
American Journal of Men s Health 6(4): 331-343
Boys are harmed by sexual abuse
Olafson E, 2011
Sexual Abuse: Demography, Impact, and Intervention
J of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 4:1, 8-21
MYTH 10:
¨ Sexual abuse of a child is usually an isolated,
one-time incident when the offender was drunk
and could not control himself.
FACT:
¨ Child sexual abuse and incest occurrences
develop gradually, over time; repeat occurrences
are generally the rule rather than the exception.