he unbelievable truth is that within sex offender's pathology they do not hold beliefs reflecting society's moral and ethical values. Because of a child's innocence and trust of the abuser, usually pressure or violence is not required
Although, the intuition process can protect us from danger, it is only as effective as we heed the warning signals. Understandably, no one wants to believe his/her spouse or anyone whom one trusts would harm, much less sexually abuse, a child. However, the reality is—the overwhelming majority of children are sexually abused by their father, followed statistically in this abuse by uncles, or grandfathers. Stepfathers who abuse their stepchildren constitute the third largest percentage of sex offenders. |