Is the rate of Child molestations actually going up? Or is it just more...

[Up2Late]

...are being reported in the so-called MSM? It seems like I'm hearing about this problem more and more. :shrug:

Plus, I did a Google search a few months ago, of Female Teachers being arrested for molesting male students, and found dozens that I had never heard of before. Their were whole RW websites dedicated to these Female teacher/male student arrests.

I don't remember that being a problem 25-30 years ago, when I was in school. So WTF? :wtf:

[Ignacio Upton]

1. A lot of sexual encounters weren't reported then

As for the school shootings that have been happenings...why did those start happening in waves during the 1990's?

[sable302]

2. Actually

I seem to remember a few months ago that someone posted a news article stating that sex crimes in general, including with children, were down per capita something like 80%.

on edit: working on finding that article, but not having much luck yet

[undergroundpanther]

10. Here's a source of stats

http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm#Child

[Up2Late]

14. Thanks.! Check out this little stat!

Rate of child abuse by race:
White = 51%
African American = 25%
Hispanic = 15%
American Indian/Alaska Natives = 2%
Asian/Pacific Islanders = 1%

Again, I wonder if this (whites 51%) is because of higher reporting?

<http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/stats.htm#Child>

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. I think they're down.

Just more media/hysteria.

[wakeme2008]

4. I think IMHO they have gone down..

before all the current events of Female teacher/student sex was in the MSM, I am sure it happened a lot. Now the teachers are seeing themselves going to jail and they have IMHO slowed down.

[sable302]

5. here's one source that it's down

http://www.vnews.com/sexcrimes/index.htm

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I think they are going up

I know it used to be rare that we had a kid at school who was molested by someone at home. But now we have several cases a year.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. It was rare that you FOUND OUT ABOUT a kid who was molested

at home. As a psychologist, I've seen patients from every walk of life and of every age who were molested in childhood. The main difference between the older cases and the younger ones is that the older ones were seldom reported to the authorities, and if such reports were made, the authorities almost never did anything years ago.

Think of Freud & all those "Electra complex" (reverse Oedipu comples) stories about young girls being molested by their fathers. Freud refused to believe that so many of his female clients had been thus victimized, and believed that all these stories were fantasies. They were not fantasies. They were straightforward memories.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. They come to school and tell us

So it could just be that more kids are telling after they are molested. I don't know why there are so many more but there are.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. In the past, there was little or no protection for a kid who reported,

and little likelihood he/she would be believed.

[raysr]

7. More repuklickuns, out of the closet. nt

[undergroundpanther]

8. I do think it has gone up

But also I think it's been kinda not hidden like it was years ago. I think child abuse is a very common tragedy it has been all throught history.
http://www.psychohistory.com/htm/05_history.html

Kids are mistreated.Domestic violence programs and such are very underfunded.With the psychopaths in the white house you can see why the empowerment,protection from abuse and molestors and the welfare of children is low on thier priority list.

An estimated 20 percent of American children have been sexually molested, making pedophilia the *most common* paraphilia. Offenders are usually family friends or relatives. Types of activities vary and may include just looking at a child or undressing and touching a child. However, acts often do involve oral sex or touching of genitals of the child or offender. Studies suggest that children who feel uncared for or lonely may be at higher risk
http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/pedophilia.html

As in kids who are being bullied by psychopath kids in school.Gifted kids creative kids,that are rejected,kids from bad homes,.Any VULNERABLE emotionally wounded kid is what these monsters seek.

[Rosemary2205]

9. MSM reporting has changed

once news was 30 min-hr a day and had to cut down into what made the most impact on our society. With the advent of multiple 24/7 news channels their is a battle for ratings, so any sensationalist story will suffice -- and nothing is more sensational than sex. I said it before and I'll say it again, if Clinton could have had all the BJ's he wanted before the advent of 24/7 news and no one would have cared enough to ever report it -- they would have been reporting on al Queda and bin Laden instead and public support would have forced the end of both long before 911.

[Up2Late]

12. I too often wonder how many bad things could have been prevented...

...and how many MORE good things could have been achieved under President Clinton, if the Republican controlled House had spent most of their time doing positive, productive work from 1995 to 2000 and if the Republican Attack Machine had just let let President Clinton do his work for America, how much would be different today?

[valerief]

11. Many, many more people in the world. Rate is probably the same,

but incidents increase exponentially with more predators out there.