Which statement about the consequences of sexual abuse is true?

A. Sexually abused children rarely display precocious sexual knowledge or behavior.
B. Sexually abused children show decreased arrest rates for sex crimes when they become adults.
C. Women who were sexually abused are likely to choose partners who abuse them and their children.
D. The harmful effects of an incident of sexual abuse are usually limited to the generation in which the incident occurs.


Answer: C

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