If a child was molested, would that child grow up to be a molestor as well?

Answer 1

Not necessarily. While things from your past can color how you feel, you have choices in how you act. There are plenty of people who have been molested and don't go on to continue that behavior.

Answer 2

No, at least not necessarily. I was molested by my dad and some of his friends. It's true that it has stayed with me for life, and colored my view of the world quite a lot. But I think it made me more compassionate, because I can understand the suffering of others. I would never in a million years want to hurt a child the way I was hurt. I'd sooner die. If I caught someone molesting a child, I would probably try and kill him, or at least beat the cr*p out of him. But I understand that some people who were molested go on to do that themselves. I think it's something that you kind of have to be born with, a certain malfunction of the brain that allows one to hurt other people and not care. I think there are loads of incest and molestation survivors out there who are really decent, good people. You just never hear about them.

Answer 3

They say it makes the child more likely to be a molestor when they grow up. But everyone has a free will and what the child does with that information in their later life is their choice.

Answer 4

Sociologists like to claim this sort of thing. If a person is abused as a child, that person grows up to abuse others. Using logic, this would mean that Adam and Eve were abusers!
So, obviously, the answer is "not necessarily". Just because a parent is a drunkard doesn't mean the child will grow up to be one; just because a parent is a heavy smoker doesn't mean the child will be.
But, that is the thing: people learn from copying behaviour of others, so they are more likely than someone who has a "normal" parent.

Answer 5

Statistics show that child molesters were often molested or treated badly,. However, that certainly doesn't mean that all were or weren't. Hopefully education and counseling are being used to change the cycle

Answer 6

I my self was a victim of rape and i know a few adults who were molested as children they have families of their own and no they do not molest.I am not saying this is true for everyone who has been molested but it is true of the ones I know.but I do know that their molesters were molested and they molested other children while they were still children.one of the woman I know that was molested she is now very paranoid with her own children.

Answer 7

There is no definite yes or no answer to that question. Most likely not, but it all depends on the situation, the child, the gender of the child, and what happens afterward.

Answer 8

There is data showing that is a strong possibility unless that child is able to express the pain and anxiety, guilt and shame.
If you know someone in this situation please encourage them to talk to a professional. Not just any adult, but to a mental health professional.

Answer 9

Sexual assault on a child is heinous. The affected one mostly, by nature, forgets it but psychological changes towards society will remain

Answer 10

Statistics show that they are much more likely to molest, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will.