LACK OF ACTIVITY UPDATE

Hi everyone, I am really sorry for the lack of activity lately, mainly work and partly other important things to arrange. This may well continue for the next few months.

In the next post, I will set it up so those with news stories they want to share can do so via the comments section. I will look at these everyday so will acept as soon as possible.

There are also the other sites on the left that are of great interest.

Sorry about this and I hope things will resume soon.

Posted by Skimmington

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[Rick Bradford]

You guys are probably up to speed with the CPS's Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse issued today (17/10/13). It's the usual stuff. I attach some extracts and comments thereon below.
Introduction, para 2:-
The guidelines will on occasion refer to victims as 'she' or 'her'. However, we fully recognise that boys as well as girls can be victims of child sexual abuse and the principles stated below, where relevant, will apply equally to boys as well as girls. Similarly offenders are known to be female as well as male, although it is recognised that the majority of offenders are male. Comment: But that rather belies the large proportion of women who commit sexual abuse on children. (And, moreover, the concentration on just sexual abuse, which is a small proportion of all child abuse, misses the key fact that the majority of other forms of child abuse is committed by women).
Annex C (Myths & Stereotypes)
(j)It only happens to teenage girls by adult men
Sexual abuse and exploitation is not limited to teenage girls by adult men. The victims may be either boys or girls and victims are not limited to any particular age and can include very young children. The abusers can include peers the same age of the victim, and sometimes peers, even if not directly perpetrating rape or sexual assault, can be used to 'recruit' other children and young people to take them to locations where they are introduced to adult abusers. Comment: This is obviously where the statement "and woman commit sexual abuse of children too" should appear - but, of course, does not.
Another blow for equality by the CPS.