It's usually the base of most though unfortunately. Unless the victim recieves counsiling and help to deal with their ghosts, it'll continue on till either they die or are caught in the act of breaking the laws (in most cases becoming perpetrators themselves of pediaphilic acts).

I know myself, of the drastic ways the abuse affects it's victims with just myself and my two brothers...One is very aggressive when it comes to authority figures and the other is pretty much anti-social/puts himself in danger situations. Neither of them sought the help they needed in dealing with the traumas they suffered at our abusers' hands and it still affects their personal relationships and theirselves.

On the other hand, I did seek help when I was no longer under the rule of my abusers...But till then, I was pretty darn self-destructive myself, having attempted suicide over 30 times from the beggining of my abuse till my early 20's. And it took yet another decade for me to feel comfortable with my own body and to experience/learn I had a right to my own sexual identity/feelings. Luckily for me, I'm also married to a wonderful understanding man, who realizes there's those emotional scars and has the patience to work within my own fears and insecurities in that area. In fact, I think it's with his love that I've even made the leaps and bounds I have about myself being positive.