Discuss the two core concepts central to sexual coercion-molestation and sexual exploitation.

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Central to sexual coercion are two core concepts:

Molestation, considered to be any sexual act performed with a child by an adult or an older child; and sexual exploitation, the sexual abuse of children and adults through the exchange of sex or sexual acts for drugs, food, shelter, protection, other basics of life, and/or money. While sexual coercion can have short- and long-term detrimental effects on its victims, it may or may not be illegal and/or criminal.
Sexual abuse committed against a minor child, including adult acts of sexual assault, molestation, and sexual exploitation is called childhood sexual abuse (CSA).
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is arguably one of the most difficult topics to understand as it represents the extreme end of disturbing acts of sexual violence against a vulnerable population. As we have seen, CSA is characterized by acts of sexual assault, molestation, or sexual exploitation perpetrated by older individuals on minors. The offender can be an older adolescent who has not reached legal age or someone decades older.