Benefits and costs of religions in everyday life; Child sexual abuse
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This document discusses the benefits and costs of religions in everyday life and child sexual abuse. It also covers the consequences of child sexual abuse and its effects on the victim's mental and emotional health.
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Sociology1 Benefits and costs of religions in everyday life The highly religious people are considered happier and more involved in the family. Such people have more involvement in the communities and more like to volunteer. For instance, almost half of the highly religious people in America pray every day and attend religious services. The aim of the religion is to reunite with the God which is the ultimate goal of the human life. The religious attendance is good for the economy in the number of ways (Van Cappellen, et al. 2016). The religions offer benefit as actual practice of the religion is provided in the theological sense. People involved in some religion are likely to exercise and make socially conscious choices. The religions persist that controlling factors such as age, income, marital status, geographic region of residence and parental status. The religion brings benefits in the life by easing positivity. Such people are engaged so well with the daily activities of the life. The religion has become significant part of the lives of the people. It values system and morals are based on the religion. It benefits people by giving hope to the hopeless people. The religion has become meaningless and valueless when the misinterpretations take place. The religion costs to the people as it has also become cause of war. It is being politicized. The religion cause to cost when the family and friends are loosens due to it. The religion also includes the economic inferences (Campante and Yanagizawa-Drott, 2015). It has been evaluated that an average person spends $ 2100 every year on the monetary donations. The 75% people are associated with some religions and its effect is wide spread in the everyday life. The religion has become political issue which also leads to the violence and devastation. A person can be against the religion but ultimately lies with the individual. Child sexual abuse The child sexual abuse is one of the forms of the child abuse. It comprises sexual activity with the minor. A child cannot approve to any form of the sexual activity. When a person engages with the child in this way then such person is considered to commit a crime. It can have lasting effects on the child for the coming years (Beier, et al. 2015). The child sexual abuses take place when a major person causes sexual harm or injury through action. Its effects can be stressful. The victim of sexual abuse feels several psychological symptoms in the short term and long term. It can disrupt the growth of the children. It even promotes anticipation of other sexual assaults in the future.
Sociology2 The child sexual abuses take place in the form of massaging, oral genital contact, intercourse or revelation to the child pornography. The sexual abuse takes place due to the cultural norms. The sexual activities are generally taken place by the major males. The males desiring to do sex often targets to the children. Such adults take unnecessary advantage of children. The children are innocent and do not understand what is right and what is wrong. The content available online often empowers people to make children victim of sexual abuse (Euser, et al. 2016). The child sexual abuse has consequences in the form of long term, psychological, post- traumatic stress disorder and Stockholm syndrome. The child sexual abuse results in somatic concerns, eating disorders, anxiety, sexual problems along with the relationship problems. The victim often feels shame, culpability and self-blame. The victims often complain about health when it is compared with the persons not having any child sexual abuse. The emotional and mental health problems are the major consequence of the child sexual abuse. It also results in teen pregnancy, academic problems along with the over sexualized behaviour problems. Obesity and eating disorders are also common in the females who are victim of the sexual abuse. The obesity also results in the diabetes along with the heart disease.
Sociology3 References Beier, K.M., Grundmann, D., Kuhle, L.F., Scherner, G., Konrad, A. and Amelung, T., 2015. The German Dunkelfeld Project: A pilot study to prevent child sexual abuse and the use of child abusive images.The journal of sexual medicine,12(2), pp.529-542. Campante, F. and Yanagizawa-Drott, D., 2015. Does religion affect economic growth and happiness? Evidence from Ramadan.The Quarterly Journal of Economics,130(2), pp.615- 658. Euser, S., Alink, L.R., Tharner, A., van IJzendoorn, M.H. and Bakermans‐Kranenburg, M.J., 2016. The prevalence of child sexual abuse in out‐of‐home care: Increased risk for children with a mild intellectual disability.Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities,29(1), pp.83-92. Van Cappellen, P., Toth-Gauthier, M., Saroglou, V. and Fredrickson, B.L., 2016. Religion and well-being: The mediating role of positive emotions.Journal of Happiness Studies,17(2), pp.485-505.