Belly..I think someone is having a lend of you:)

planet3

is this post about the men hating media or excuses for paedophiles or what?
btw calling Rolf Harris, Saville, Michael Jackson or any other paedophile a male icon is like saying the likes of Madonna and ga ga are female icons.

Why child abuse indeed!

While I certainly cannot agree with laz91 about his/her perceived causes, I have wondered about why some are sexually attracted to children. It seems the attraction is universal.

As I understand it, this has been going on since time immemorial. The Greeks and Romans had it as part of their culture and it is known that some Chinese thought it a great ting if their son or daughter became a temple prostitute. I think Christen priests that kiddy fiddle has been going on for maybe a couple of thousand years.

Even today there are cultures that accept child marriages and the allotment of young girls to older men. Some in India apparently encourage children sleeping collectively and it is normal for some to sleep with nieces/nephews and grand children. I recently read of some Pacific Islanders that laugh and encourage the kids to mimic adult sex from about the age of 8-10. Child incest seems greater where there is collective sleeping arrangements. About one third of Japanese boys are said to have their first sexual encounter with their mother.

So why is child sex abuse suddenly such a big deal and why is it that apparently only children in western societies seem to be traumatised by early sex. I have yet to read an article where kids of other societies are badly affected by pedophilia or incest and it has been going on for thousands of years.

Maybe it has to do with our Christen religions.

Bad things have been going for centuries does not make it right nor does it mean that this automatically translates to victim acceptance. The argument is quite an extraordinary conclusion IMO. These are exactly the sorts of excuses abusers use to normalise their crimes.

To argue that child sexual abuse does not have the same effect in poor countries is frankly unbelievable. Human trafficking in the sex trade is rife, including children, and the numbers staggering. Any activity that removes power from an individual to make a choice is inherently wrong. A child has not the maturity, knowledge or context to make serious life decisions. Young boys sold into or kidnapped into fighting civil war is equally disgusting. There are things that children should not, in a civilised world, have to do or see.

Yes there are young child brides and they suffer enormously, such as in Africa where operations have to be performed to correct physical damage from being sexually active too young. Where these activities occur the girl (child) has no choice in the matter and is treated like property.

Runner, I'll back you on this one....females, only some of...have put good men be hind bars for revenge, probably for being abusive or for them just being men.

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Its no wonder that fathers today leave being up their children to the mothers......and runner....I don't think we can agree on anything else:)

The father and the son, and the holy...dare I say it:)

Planet3

Banjo

'Maybe it has to do with our Christen religions '

please don't make the demons scream. For secularist to admit that any good comes from Christianity sends them into hyper tension. Secularism has no basis to call anything wrong and it certanly shows by their pushing of porn and perversion, killing the unborn and picking and choosing on what they see as right and wrong.