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While child sexual abuse (CSA) is acknowledged to be a widespread, global health issue (Russell, D., Higgins, D., and Posso, A. (2020). Preventing child sexual abuse: A systematic review of interventions and their efficacy in developing countries. Child Abuse and Neglect, 102.), quantifying its true extent and defining its exact nature remain problematic for a number of reasons. Firstly, there is no universally agreed upon definition of CSA, nor is there any clear agreement on when childhood ends and the age of majority in terms of sexual consent is reached.

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