No-one likes reading about the issues of child abuse but at least the figures from Childline / NSPCC, which is run by the NSPCC, might stop the sole demonisation of men when it comes to this subject.
Childline's figures released yesterday showed that the number of calls from children stating they had been sexually abused by a women had doubled since 2004/05 and that now 1 in 4 calls where the gender could be identified showed that the abuser was female, a figure the NSPCC states is still too low because of under-reporting. Boys are more likley to sexually abused by a woman than a man. The BBC and the Press Association do a good job of covering the subject here and here.
In many respects this report show results similarish aspects to the previous NSPCC research which talked about physical violence in that the figures between men and women are closer than you would think given the propaganda and the general perception that only men commit these crimes.
The issue about who commits sexual abuse and physical abuse against children is also like the issue of domestic violence against male adults. It has been underground for years and the stereotypes that only men are involved in such crimes has become ingrained in popular culture.
Perhaps, male teachers will no longer be treated with such suspicion, that only men are depicted in popular culture as abusers and perhaps we can now see such awful crimes in a gender-neutral fashion where both the victims and perpetrators can be seen as from different genders and not just portrayed as men. Maybe we can have equality?
You've perhaps hinted at it with the dv reference, but you haven't explicitly stated the real impact here.
"Academics" and gender feminists pretending such crimes are only committed by men really have caused significant harm here.
The impact on society of their lies means that most public policy is aimed at seeking out male offenders. Even the police admit there paeadophile unit did not look for females until recently.
Thus due to this sexism we've failed to protect countless victims of horrific crimes. If you pretend female paedophiles don't exist then neither do their victims do they?
Of course this issue is only big news due to that female nursery paedophile ring being in the news. And proving the points above, they of course only came to the attention of the police after the sole male member was caught.
If they'd kept all men out then they'd have gotten away with it.
I suppose at least we're ahead of Ireland where they actually explicitly have massively lower sentencing for female paedophiles than males.
Posted by: John Kimble | Tuesday, 10 November 2009 at 03:47
Yes indeed the Feminists have ridden the wave of public opinion which holds women are "sugar and spice". People working in the fields of child and elder abuse have long known its not all men. Many on the sharp end similarly have a less rosy view of women than campaining groups like women's aid. To be frank for many years no one has wanted hear this because it challenges all our beliefs in women as uniformly being virtuous. Actually true feminists would challenge women to take responsibility and not hide behind a saintly image. Probably the biggest taboo is that some women can be evil. my experience is that people not dealing with this simply can't face it and don't want it to be true. The Feminists cleverly tap into this "motherhood and apple pie" belief to pursuade the public to focus on men and hold on to their cherished myths.
Time and again women are treated more leniently by courts who will search for reasons(excuses) for abuse. For men they are much more likely to be taken to be fully responsible. This is perhaps why it is often women police officers and workers who push this. Men often have a deep rooted need to protect women which can be abused by manipulative women.
Posted by: Groan | Tuesday, 10 November 2009 at 22:41