Typically there is a significant disparity in age between the assailant and child. From the perspective of a child the disparity gives the assailant authority, making coercion effective. Sexually abusive acts include physical contact such as sexual penetration or genital touching, or noncontact sexual acts such as exposure or voyeurism. Children cannot give consent, making every sexual advance illegal. Therefore, sexual abuse is the exploitation of a child and the misuse of power. Symptoms of csa manifest in with social withdrawal, mistrustfulness of authority and suicidal ideation -this is the first appearance of PTSD. Similarly, perpetrators of csa exhibit an immature sexuality. The correlation illustrates that having been a victim is a
