Many girls do not tell anyone because they may think it’s no one’s business. It would be serious for parents to find out, especially if the abuser is known to the family. Also they may feel that no one would trust their story. They would not want their friends to know, more seriously the offender may kill or hurt them. Andrew Read, a Penn State College professor founds a new study that shows, young girls who are the victims of sexual abuse experience physical, biological and behaviour problems that can persist for decades after. The study was conducted by the University of Southern California in which they found sexually abused girls had higher rates of depression and obesity as well as problems with regulation of brain chemicals among other issues, compared to a control group of girls who were not abused. Most young girls that are sexually abused feel that they are no good, and that what happened to them was all their fault. These girls have a sense of loss of personal integrity and damage to emerging sexual identity. In other words, they may feel worthless and ashamed of being themselves. And also feel that sexuality and womanhood are bad and may feel ashamed of their