Victimology 101

[Cysterhood]

This is just another example of the misrepresentation of the truth and how to play the victim to get yourself more attention. This is feminisms gift to society.

Link between sex victims, crime: inquiry

Former clinical director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Health, Paul Mullen, says there is a strong link between men having been sexually abused as a child and becoming a sexual abuser as an adult.

The association is strongest for boys who are sexually abused between the ages of 12 to 16, he said.

"In that group, figures suggest 10 per cent of them go on to be convicted of a sexual offence, which is an enormous number," Professor Mullen said.

Addressing the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into institutions' handling of child abuse allegations, Prof Mullen said about 15 per cent of children were sexually abused during their childhood.

Men most likely to abuse children were adolescent to early 20s and involved in substance abuse and lawless behaviour.

They were men who often showed signs of social inadequacy, intellectual disability, mental health issues and disregard for others, he said.

"There are a number of things strongly associated with child sex abusers and it has nothing to do with abnormal desire," he said.

During the last decade he was involved in a study following almost 3000 sexually abused children and recording their experiences in mental disorder, suicide, drug overdose, victimisation and offending.

Prof Mullen said the study, the biggest of its kind, showed child abuse survivors had higher rates of depressive illness, anxiety and stress disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, and social problems than other people.

They also experience higher rates of education failure, interpersonal problems, marital breakdown, early onset of sexual activity and higher frequency of teen pregnancy.

Men and women survivors also have higher offending rates, especially for violence.

Prof Mullen said the risks of a child from a privileged, protective, caring background suffering significant child sexual abuse were much lower than a child from a disorganised, disadvantaged home living in a chaotic neighbourhood.

He said a public education campaign on child sex abuse was needed.

"If we're to do anything about the total burden of child sexual abuse in our community, we've got to start thinking of methods which really do address the appalling frequency with which men sexually abuse children," he said.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/03/15/18/33/link-between-sex-victims-crime-inquiry

[Cysterhood]

10% going on to become sex offenders is not an enormous number, its the opposite.
Let's say I have a car that starts 10% of the time. Could I say this car almost always starts? No, I could say it almost always doesn't start.
If I have a cancer treatment that works 10% of the time I couldn't say it was enormously effective.
If I was in the bottom 10% of the sporting scores, should I be alowed to claim this is as good as being in the top 10%?

15% of kids sexually abused. Holly crap! You mean 85% of the population hasn't been abused! Somebody do something. You have an 85% chance of going though life and not getting abused! Even though almost anything can now be classed as abuse.

If most men likely to abuse are in thier teens to early twenties, then they are not in fact men. They are more accurately classed as children, since your brain is not fully adult until 21-23. Noticed how, in news reports, females up to 20 are commonly refered to as 'girls' where as males from 16-20 are called 'men'?

There are a number of things strongly associated with child sex abusers and it has nothing to do with abnormal desire

This couldn't be a hint that a large number aren't adult men could it?

Prof Mullen said the risks of a child from a privileged, protective, caring background suffering significant child sexual abuse were much lower than a child from a disorganised, disadvantaged home living in a chaotic neighbourhood.

Of course we can't mention the behavior of women in general or single mothers can we? But this is close.

With the last coulpe of quotes the story ends with a bit of a positive for the male side.

[PaulGuelph]

This is the "Vampire Theory" of sexual abuse. If you have been bitten, then you turn into a vampire too.

If people actually believe that being a victim turns you into a monster, then you would be wise to keep your secret and not tell anyone.

Lets say you are in your 20s and you see clearly now that you were molested by a doctor or teacher for instance. The doctor or teacher will likely continue to molest unless someone steps forward.

But if that makes you a monster? If every time something happens in your neighbourhood, you get a call from police? If you will be marked as a monster then you should probably keep your secret. Most people never tell, because it is already very difficult.

Isn't it great that some jerk is increasing the stigma, but only for boys and men, of course.

[LSBeene]

Let's also flip that coin and ask :

"So with this epidemic of girls being sexually abused, do we make a registry of 'potential sexual abusers' and sign those girls up to be watched?  For the children .... of course."

It amazes me that until THEY find a link that they like, that all those boys that were abuse were invisible.  Oh, and they still are btw - anyone see anything mentioned about more outreach that identifies boys at high risk to be abused? 

It's lose-lose for them.  If it's men abusing them then it looks like they're bashing gay men.  If it's women abusing them, the "male = abuser" paradign takes a beating.

Oh - as an aside - my unit sent me to a school so I can be a VA (Victim's Advocate) for victims of sexual harrasment and sexual assault.  They were blown away by my knowledge on the subject, but quite irked by my refusal to drink the Kool-aide  In short they not only want me to do THAT job, but are now offering to send me to EO (Equal Opportunity) school and be an EO Rep as well.

And, yes, it was a very hard course on me emotionally - a lot of triggers got pulled and a lot of propaganda to wade throught.  But, again - on the "Practicals" where we had to interact with (actors playing) victims I got 5 stars - because I wasn't playing around and showed genuine knowledge, empathy, and seemed to know the subject.  Go figure.

Steven