I think it is premature to conclude that men constitute the majority of child abusers until we see a study on mother-infant sexual abuse.
Well I have seen the other stat that 60% of child abuse is caused by women. So maybe women simply act out the sexual aggression in a different way.
Strange, I thought we were discussing sexual abuse in children.
But when the numbers do not work to prove something less than 97% of sexual abuse is perpetrated by men...it's a good thing to change the subject really fast.
Rape is a very big deal. It doesn't matter if the victim is male or female or if the perpetrator is male or female; it's still a big deal.
It affects the life of the victim for a lifetme.
There should be no excusing it for a second. Even if the one doing the excusing is doing so for some political agenda.
Whoa! I did NOT toss other stats in as a red herring. In fact YOU were the one that tossed in the male rape stats. I honestly acknowledged the incest stats, had some questions but then acknowledge the numbers would just cause a progressive growth in perps. Where do you get off accusing me of some agenda? I have in no way denied any stats presented AND EVEN verified your stats with DOJ stats that say about the same thing.
That is a grossly unfair accusation.
The first link I provided was a .pdf file from the DOJ site. It was posted in response to typhon's comment.
The second link was posted in response to a question you posed later in the thread.
The comment that you have reacted so strongly to was in response of the comment you made about seeing some stats on child abuse. Although you did not link the stats.
I don't know if this woman was abused or not. We do not know what kind of evidence was offered beyond what was stated in the OP which I'm sure is short on details.
There are some on this forum that seem to think rape only counts if the victim is male and perpetrator is female. A mindset so far from reality it isn't even worth discussing. I don't get the impression you are one that would fall into that crowd.
As you said women act out differently from men. That along with the fact that women typically are ones that spend the greater amount of time with children; it only stands to reason that the stats show that women are more likely to physically abuse than are men. The same stats show that men are more likely to cause greater physical harm to a child on the other hand.
The subject is as long as it broad.
Either way sexual explotation of children comes with a high price to our society as a whole. If you do not believe that go back to the second link and do some reading. The men that put that site together raised some very valid points in that area.
I'm sorry for allowing Gonzo's ankle biting to distract me from a poster that is really trying to discuss a subject. It doesn't appear that is his intent. I should not have confused his inability to discuss with your widening of the topic at hand.