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How common is abuse
?
It is estimated that before the age of 18 at
least 1 in 4 females and 1 in 6 males will have suffered from
some form of sexual abuse.
That is over 20.83% of the population !!
With over 50,000,000 people in the UK, that means
that there are more than 10,400,000 people in
the UK alone who are, or will become, survivors
of sexual abuse.
Assuming that people live 70 years that’s over
148,571 NEW victims of
childhood sexual abuse per year
!
and this does NOT include adults who have
been raped.
YOU
ARE NOT ALONE !!
To
put it another way... there are approximately 3,000,000 cars on
the road in the UK, so if every time you see a car you think that's 3
people who have been abused you will not be far wrong.
Look
at it that way and you are not alone, you never were, it just feels
that way sometimes i know *sigh* so join our forums
and stop been alone now :)
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