More than 85 percent of sexually abused children are molested by a family member. This is a crime that involves the abuse of power and betrayal of trust. When males are sexually assaulted, there tend to be some different patterns surrounding the circumstances of the assault. Boys are often physically abused in addition to the sexual abuse. Boys are commonly abused by the people who they know and trust but who are not family members.
Sexual assault is any non-consensual sexual act which is forced by one or more persons upon another.
They may display increased aggressive behavior after the abuse. There is strong denial or minimization of the impact of the abuse on the part of the parents. Boys may have a tendency to re-enact their abuse by abusing other children. The child's sense of self-esteem is lowered. They may become adult perpetrators of sexual assault.