Sexual Indicators
 

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Statements indicating precocious Sexual knowledge, often made inadvertently:

• A child makes a statement about the sexual act (penetration, ejaculation ) according to his/her own limited manner of expression, beyond the normal level of knowledge for that age. 
   

Sexually explicit drawings:

• A child draws a picture of the sexual act or genitals
   

Sexual interaction with other people:

• Sexual aggression towards younger or more naïve children represents the child’s identification with the abuser. In order to express control or prevail over the impact of the trauma of powerlessness that the child experiences in his "relationship" with the abuser, which includes a perception of both vulnerability and victimization, he/she tries to overcome that by exhibiting aggressive behavior towards younger or more naïve children.

Traumatic Sexualisation:

• Traumatic sexualisation creates an aversion to or an overvaluing of sex. This occurs  when a child has been prematurely exposed or coerced into a sexual act.