Dimensões da violência sexual contra crianças e adolescentes do sexo masculino: Um estudo exploratório sob a ótica do gênero

Objective: To characterize victims, aggressors and sexual violence against adolescents of both genders, occurred in Brazil. Method: The population was composed for 14.361 victims of complaints of violence in the Management of Child and Adolescent Policy. The variables analyzed were related to adolescent, to sexual violence and to offender. To identify victims and offenders characteristics according to the types of sexual violence, t-Student test with analysis of variance and Qui-square test were used at a significance equal to 5,0%. Results: Sexual violence corresponded to 2.136 (14.9%) of total denouncements. Amongst sexual violence, sexual abuse was more frequent (98%) than commercial sexual exploration (2%). Considered the age groups, boys were more victimized in early adolescence and girls in late adolescence (p=0,031). Most offenders were male (92.8%), aged between 20 and 39 years old (66.7%), and were acquaintance of the adolescent (83.5%). Concerning to victims’ age, it showed significant association with offender’s gender and age, who belonged to the victims family circle and had ignored labor situation. The violent attempted against one’s modesty was associated with male victims, aging from 10 to 14 years old (p