LGBT discussion (science, morality, history)

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

In Australia according to our own health data around 1.45 million people report having been sexually abused as children with around two thirds being girls and around 450,000 being boys.

I can't find the source for this claim. These figures seem to line up with the number of Australians that claim to have experienced "sexual assault" after the age of 15 (including adulthood). And in any case, why do we assume that the perpetrators are men here? In terms of actual behavior, women and men probably commit these sorts of crimes at similar levels - but women tend to get away with a lot more. That's true in general, but especially here.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

http://www.ecav.health.nsw.gov.au/uploads/60438/ufiles/publications_and_reports/Published_Reports/VAN_Resource/Factsheet_1_digital_2.pdf

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And in any case, why do we assume that the perpetrators are men here?

Because they nearly always are.

In terms of actual behavior, women and men probably perpetrate these sorts of crimes at similar levels - but women tend to get away with a lot more.

Gonna need something to back that one up. In terms of physical abuse I think this is definitely true but I've actually never even heard anyone claim no matter their political inclination that women are as likely to sexually abuse children as men.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These figures seem to line up with the number of Australians that claim to have experienced "sexual assault" after the age of 15 (including adulthood).

Exactly which is a good indication that the pattern of overrepresentation in sexual violence and abuse persists and that homosexuals as well as being overrepresented in child sexual abuse are equally as overrepresented in teen and adult sexual abuse given that in the stats I posted below only half of the male victims of adult sexual abuse were abused by women. 1 percent do 50.