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Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse refers to abusive acts that are sexual in nature, including fondling a child"s genitals, intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exhibitionism , and commercial exploitation thr

ough prostitution or the production of pornographic materials.

Other /More definition:
sexual abuse refer to abusive acts that are sexual in nature, including fondling a child’s genitals, intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exhibitionism, and commercial exploitation through prostitution or the production of pornographic materials.

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