There are many causes to why child sexual abuse happens. Child sexual abuse can happen to anyone and anywhere it doesn't matter what your race,ethnicity, social class,culture,or gender is. Child sexual abuse can be a social and economic issue. It is a social issue because it affects society and a lot times there is a lot of harm done to the victims not only mentally but physically. It can be considered a social issue because after the victim was abused they might have issues with their education,personal relationships,and behavior. It can also be considered an economic issue because after a victim is abused there are financial cost. For example health care,criminal justice costs, child welfare costs. This is why child sexual abuse can be considered a social and economic issue.
Some of the reasons that child abuse exists is because of depression. Many times depression isn’t taken seriously and it is a very serious issue. Depression causes people to do a lot of things and one of that reasons is child sexual abuse. According to Human services “alcohol and drug abuse and mental or health issues can lead someone to abuse a child sexually”. We should be aware that many times sexually abuse happens in our own family and we need to inform our children about it. Also if we know that our family members have problems or mental issues we should never leave our children with them alone because they might not want to harm the victim but sometimes mental problems or problems in general makes us do things we might regret later. There are many other root causes that child sexually abuse happens but this are the most common.
Some of the reasons that child abuse exists is because of depression. Many times depression isn’t taken seriously and it is a very serious issue. Depression causes people to do a lot of things and one of that reasons is child sexual abuse. According to Human services “alcohol and drug abuse and mental or health issues can lead someone to abuse a child sexually”. We should be aware that many times sexually abuse happens in our own family and we need to inform our children about it. Also if we know that our family members have problems or mental issues we should never leave our children with them alone because they might not want to harm the victim but sometimes mental problems or problems in general makes us do things we might regret later. There are many other root causes that child sexually abuse happens but this are the most common.