The sexual abuse of children causes ongoing trauma and distress throughout their lives. For boys it can cause sexual identity issues because the perpetrator is often male. Abused boys, as men, often self-medicate to block out the distress and pain of what happened to them, over which they had no control or power. Sexually abused boys are powerless because the power is always invested in the adult. Abused boys can grow-up to be men with relationship issues and intimacy problem