What is sibling sexual abuse?
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What is sibling sexual abuse?
Like all forms of sexual abuse, sibling sexual abuse (sibling incest) is an abuse of power, where the more powerful sibling abuses the less powerful. Power can be physical, intellectual or emotional. Sibling abuse is sexual contact between siblings who are of a different age, size, strength or developmental level.
Sibling sexual abuse often, but not always, involves some form of force, manipulation or intimidation. Sibling incest can involve forms of non-contact abuse, such as forcing another to view pornography or exposing of genitals.
In most cases, sibling sexual abuse does not occur in isolation but alongside physical and/or emotional abuse.
The term sibling includes all children who grow up together in the same family, including step, foster and adopted children.
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