I have posted several other articles and studies that have to do with the long term effects of child sexual abuse. This study showed that:
"Men who reported they were sexually abused during childhood were particularly vulnerable to having a heart attack later in life,"
It continues to sadden me that those of us who have survived this horrible epidemic have to deal with it's consequences indefinitely. Yet those who commit this terrible crime and are held accountable through the court system, don't like that they have to be labeled as a sexual offender. They especially hate having to be on the sexual offender registry. I say if you harm a child irreparably you should be held accountable for that. If that means you have a permanent label then you should have thought about that prior to sexually abusing a child. I usually don't get off on a rant like this but there are times I get fed up with those who complain that they served their time so they shouldn't have to be on the SOR. There is a whole movement to abolish the SOR. They claim they are violated because they have to be a registered sex offender. That their human rights have been irreparably harmed. I especially love to read how those in the movement to abolish the SOR are against child abuse. I laugh when I read that because if this were true they would be doing things to make children safe. They would believe that 93% of child who are sexually abused know their abuser. They would believe that before a child sexual offender gets caught they have abused up to 100 times. This means they have viewed child sexual abuse media or touched a child, or groomed a child, etc. before they get caught. If they meant that child abuse was wrong they wouldn't call those who speak out against this epidemic "perpetual victims."
What they wouldn't do is to claim that the SOR doesn't work because those who get caught are first time offenders. As I have stated previously this is inaccurate as most offenders abuse at least 100 times before they get caught. Just because someone hasn't gotten caught doesn't mean they haven't harmed a child previously. If they would read the statistics and studies they may awakened to this reality. They don't want to be in my opinion because then their argument wouldn't hold water. Sorry for the rant just disgusted. Rosie
Childhood Sexual Abuse Linked to Later Heart Attacks in Men
ScienceDaily (Sep. 6, 2012) —
Men who experienced childhood sexual abuse are three times more likely
to have a heart attack than men who were not sexually abused as
children, according to a new study from researchers at the University of
Toronto. The researchers found no association between childhood sexual
abuse and heart attacks among women.