Thread: Sexual Abuse
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Old Mar 25, 2004, 10:16 AM
homealone homealone is offline
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I was going to title this post MALE Sexual Abuse, but decided to remove the word Male at the last moment to insure full readership from those who get titilated about female sexual abuse, instead of just the select few who care to even address the real genderless crime.
I was amazed about a week ago when a guest speaker on the Joyce Meyer show stated, along with several other statistics regarding sexual abuse, that 1 in 50 boys will be raped by an opposite sex parent or caregiver. My God what a revelation, and I could hardly believe my ears! A person on TV was finally stating a real fact that I have had to live with unable to have anyone else want to accecpt for over 47 years.
Now for MY commentary.
Why is there such a negative stigma attached to male sexual abuse? Why is there no accecptance of this crime in the church, the court house, or society in general? Why is there no public funding and outreach programs available for male victims? Why won't the theraputic profession accecpt that a young boy can be seduced and raped and deal with this in an educated fashion?
Why does this have to be a female crime instead of the genderless issue it is?
Sorry, but I feel severly discriminated against.
Furthermore, I can no longer feel sympathy for those affected, male or female, and I think it's high time for females to stop blaming their behaviors on something they claim can only apply to them.
Feedback welcome, but please keep on topic and direct all the womens lib comments to another board.
Tom S. in Tn.

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