Child sexual abuse has always existed and will continue to exist. Child sexual abuse is when an adult has any type of sexual contact with a minor. Before child sexual wasn’t seen as a big issue. Researcher Mintz “The sexual abuse of children was not taken seriously”. A lot of times the victims are not believed and they ignore them. Also people don’t like talking about the topic and they would rather not talk about. This is why child sexual was not taken seriously in the past and even today many of the victims are not believed. Mintz says “from 1896 to 1926 30% of sexual abuse victims were forced to marriage or get paid to resolve the problem. When a victim was abused it was seen as if the victim lost their reputation. Instead of getting help for the victim or try to find a solution they would use marriage and money as a solution to the abuse of the victim. The lack of resources affects the victims because the abuse causes trauma which leads to psychological problems. Some of the psychological problems caused by sexual abuse are post-traumatic disorder,depression, and the victims are most likely to be alcoholics or drug abusers when they become adults. According to the suicide organization “46% of the victims of sexual abuse attempt or commit suicide”. The reason this happens is because victims don’t get the help they need many times this is because there isn’t enough resources in the communities.