cture of the incidence of women who are sexually active with children may be elusive. These researchers observed that women are afforded a certain degree of latitude in terms of physical contact with children because of their role as primary caretaker. Consequently, some instances of child sexual victimization committed by women may go unreported (Priest & Smith, 1992, p. 27).
While children react to sexual abuse in a variety of ways, one common response is to become sexually reactive. That is, they may touch or grab playmates and adults, mimic sex play on younger children, abuse animals, masturbate at inappropriate times, and use sexual language to antagonize adults. They may also have sexual girlfriend-boyfriend relationships as early as eight years of age. When sexually reactive children enter adolescence
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