Can the Reason for Sexual Abuse of Children Be Inadequacy in Sexual Education?
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2018
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Universal Journal of Educational Research
Abstract
The human being who is accepted as a good
being in need of creation is the result of the interaction that
he has established with his surroundings. He is ignorant
when he is considered not to be equipped with the
necessary information for himself when he is born and is
making efforts to obtain this information. Firstly, these
informants, which parents should make, try to go with the
environment where they feel closer to them if the
information of the parents is not sufficient. At this point
abuse is on the agenda. Malicious people sail into a number
of exploits under the image of helping children, especially
by using their curiosity. For this reason, the aim of the
research is to try to prevent sexual exploitation by ensuring
that the needs of the children who want to have information
on various subjects are saturated by the parents with the
sexual education program. Through a sexual education
program provided by parents or competent authorities,
children will be better able to recognize themselves and to
be careful of all the dangers they may have from their
surroundings. The issue of sexual abuse presents cultural
differences, especially in the eastern and western part of
our country, in different forms. For this reason, the research
was carried out in Ağrı province, which is in a different
position due to its cultural structure. In the study, case
study design was used. 97 people, 75 female and 22 male,
who were reached by random sampling, were interviewed
and the data obtained was analyzed by content analysis
method and presented in tabular form. In the study, the
thoughts are tried to be revealed on how children who were
abused perceive this issue, why they hide and on educating
children on sexual abuse to overcome this problem. When
the findings were examined, it was seen that 91% of
participants think that it would be appropriate to educate
pre-school children about sexual information in order to
protect them from sexual abuse. The percentage of those
who advocate for teachers to be informed about child abuse
is 97%. It is stated that the reasons for hiding the abuse are
embarrassment, 61%, and fear, 39%. For the question, by
whom children are abused, 61% of the respondents give a
thought-provoking answer which is close environment.
Because interviews with selected people after the first
interview indicated that the interaction of the close
environment with children is seen as normal. Our research
and investigations done related to the topic show that abuse
and particularly sexual abuse is experienced intensively in
our country. In our research, it was determined that
teachers, students and especially parents, have incomplete
information about sexual education. For this reason,
cooperation within the Ministry of National Education and
Higher Education Institution should be ensured that the
schools are equipped with sexual education programs that
will enable teachers, students and parents to be more
effective in sexual abuse.
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child sexual abuse, sexual education, prevention, International Resources, Turkey
Citation
Çelik, İ. (2018). Can the Reason for Sexual Abuse of Children Be Inadequacy in Sexual Education?. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 6(4), 798-802.