Explain The First Form Of Sexual Abuse
TThe next form of abuse defined is sexual. The U.S. Department of Health defines sexual abuse as sexual intercourse and its deviations, sexually touching a child, as well as not touching offenses and sexual exploitation. Other forms of sexual abuse include photographs and video depicted in pornographic material. It is important to understand that when sexual abuse occurs it often coincides with emotional abuse. Because there are so many acts that fall under sexual abuse it is difficult to define, making it even harder to prevent and protect children. Another obstacle of sexual abuse cases is the lack of physical evidence. However, when there is physical evidence it is clear that the child was sexual abused, because there is often no other explanation