Child sexual abuse (CSA) is any contact or interaction between a child and an adult (or an older/more powerful child) where the child is used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator. When the abuser is a relative (blood or legally) the abuse is often referred to as incest (occasionally you might hear it called interfamilial sexual abuse). Research tells us that as many as one out of four children fall victim to sexual predators before they reach the age of 18. The ages of victims vary from babies to older teenagers. In the majority of abuse cases the abuser is someone the child knows and trusts. They can be anyone from relatives to neighbors, from teachers to baby-sitters. Pedophilia is a sickness that does not discriminate by race, class, or age. It knows no bounds and afflicts people in every walk of life. They do share a few common characteristics. Most are male; the few female child molesters are usually cooperating with a male aggressor. They usually try to hold jobs that give them access to, or authority over children. Jobs that enable them to be accessible to children at all times: such as coaching sports, camp counselors, chaperoning children's events, or even baby sitting. It involves tricking, bribing, threatening pressuring or sometimes even forcing a child into sexual activity or awareness. Because children are both trusting and dependent due to nature and nurture force is not too often necessary. Child molesters take advantage of the vulnerabilities in children. There are even groups of militant and highly organized child molesters that operate through pedophile organizations, whose members try to claim genuine concern for child welfare. One belief that they have is that sex with children is harmless; some will even go so far as to say that sexual relations with children are healthy. The general goals of these groups usually will include the de-criminalizing child molestation and lowering the age of consent. Sexual abuse is an abuse of power over a child, and is nothing less than a violation of every child's right to a normal, healthy, loving relationships.