[kuma]

Boys are often too ashamed to come forward as it is easier for girls to admit that they were victimized.

Many cases of sexual abuse with boys is usually revealed after he has already reached adulthood.

Sexual abuse towards girls has much the same effect though. Self-esteem, guilt, shame, prostitution, lesbianism (so as to aviod male/female sex which may bring back painful memories), drug & alcohol abuse etc...

It's always a tragedy even if the person who was sexually abused doesn't recognize it as such. It has life altering consequences that can SEEM beyond the control of the person who has expierenced it.

[najida]

OK,

because I 'am' speaking from my experience and from childhood memories,

Sitting here recalling my childhood, I can think of at least a 6 instances (about 7 girls) that involved fathers, principles, family friends, uncles, step-fathers etc. No one talked about it much....but we all were in the same school...
Mothers moved away taking the girls,
pregnant girls where shipped off to homes,
People were fired and then disappeared,
hysterical teens tried to kill themselves....

But I don't remember it really being discussed openly.

So my perspective is very different.