We must remember that we always emphasize obedience in children toward adults. The silence of the child may often be thought to represent complicity. This is rarely the case. In the enticement phase, fear and threats may have been used, now supplemented by embarrassment. Such children may appear vulnerable to others within the incestuous family unit.
Cases exist where a grandfather abused the child and the mother as well.
Other cases recount multiple abuse wherein father, uncle and brother enter the incestuous circle. The child's silence is considered as compliance, that they want to be seduced. Such a child is setup for frequent molestation. But often the mother is a victim as well. Molested as a child, she may have low esteem, feelings of worthlessness and helplessness.