The Abuse of Child Abuse

[Bob Schroeck]

An interesting article about the apparent exaggeration of what constitutes the sexual abuse of children, driven by a mix of obsessed crusaders and an industry that's grown up around "treating" alleged victims.  Doesn't minimize the enormity of actual abuse, but it does raise questions about what actually constitutes abuse, and how many people have actually been abused.  Worth reading even if you don't agree with the writer's conclusions.

And here is where the excesses of the crusade against child abuse
become not just over-zealous and silly, but irresponsible, even
abusive. Most of us didn’t have to grow under the shadow of imminent,
omnipresent paedophilia - the dirty man at the pool was little more
than a creepy amusement to be avoided. Today, he and others of his ilk
are being used to bulk up statistics on serious child sexual abuse, our
children now convinced there is no escape, that their doom is awaiting
them in the shadows of their own homes. It’s despicable. No child
should have to be frightened of that.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.