Are there really more paedos & perverts about these days?

Question

Or is it just scare stories by the media that kids are not safe to play out in case they are kidnapped by weirdoes.

Answer 1

I believe that some one (well, specifically a newspaper journalist) has done some checking and found (from court records, one assumes) that child murder has stayed more or less constant (and very low) over the past 50 years or so. That statistic implies that children are as safe now as ever they were, but the public _perception_, due to a few high profile cases, and publicised heavily by the media, is that every child is in danger from every adult male - which is a gross insult to 99.9 percent of men. Such a view has resulted in a lost and bewildered child in a shopping mall being ignored by males in case they are accused of molestation; in fewer men going in for primary school teaching (hence male role models are reduced); and a fall off in men and (women for that matter) taking leadership positions in youth organisations, from cadets to scouts, guides etc., for fear of being accused of misconduct.
It comes to something when an adult of the 'tribe' can not comfort a small member of the tribe who has, for example, fallen over, or is in distress for some reason. I recall as small boy walking into a bus stop post, badly cutting my head. A man came over to help, put his handkerchief on my bleeding scalp, held my hand and walked me home. My mother was so grateful that some one had cared enough to help her son. Today, that man no doubt would have left me alone in case he was viewed as a paedophile. What a sorry state our society has entered.

Answer 2

In terms of investigations and convictions, the numbers are about the same as they have been since 1918. (Before then, records were less specific - we know what people did, but not to whom!)

These days we are far more aware that children need protection. This has positive aspects in that we respect the rights of children and young people. It can be taken to extremes such as taking children to school in 4x4s, and replacing buggies with the small armoured cars that now dominate shopping centres.

The red tops don't feel they can publish without their daily dose of paedo & perv news. A regular trick is to recycle the same news. In 2001, the catholic chaplain at Gatwick Airport was convicted of having a 14 year old boyfriend. This has appeared in the News of the World on at least 5 different occasions.

When I was young in the early 1960s, there were plenty of weirdos and flashers about. We used to beat them up (I think they were grateful). The problem with bringing up kids in a totally protected environment is that they are not prepared for the real world once they finally manage to break loose from mummy's apron strings.

Answer 3

Victims often grow up to become abusers, especially males, rarely happens in females, they express the illness differently than by taking victims. And the average pedophile molests dozens of children, now do the math and you can see how numerous the population of pedophiles actually is. But also remember that the world population is 6 billion, so the number will be large anyway.

The good news is that there are effective strategies for healing children before they grow up and become abusers or manifest other illnesses. HOW the child is treated is crucial on whether they will develop normally. The local YWCA in the States is dedicated to this cause as is many other agencies.

If you know of someone that has been assaulted, please get help for them and for yourself so you can better understand how to effectively deal with the child. Children learn how to react by mimicking adults. Adults reaction to this horrific event is with horror, however, often the child will internalize the "horror" and think of themselves as "bad". So learning the appropriate conversation is crucial in dealing with this matter.

Peace.

Answer 4

I don't think there are more of them - I think its that they are higher profile. If you think about it, paedophilia is something which has only formed in the last 100 years or so. In the Victorian era, when the average working class lifespan was only about 38 - 40, girls used to get married and have children at the age of 13 or 14, simply for practical reasons. It was perfectly socially acceptable for girls of 12 to be having sex with men of the same age or adult men. This was normal behaviour.

Biologically, women are able to have sex and give birth sometimes as early as the age of 9. It is only recently that the legal age of 16 was set, and now because that is the law, anyone who has sex with children under that age is labelled as a pervert.

It is certainly unnacceptable and wrong to force anyone into sexual behaviour, but I am just pointing out that perverts etc are only labelled so because of the changes in law and morals of society. This is especially significant when you think about people who are in a loving relationship but risk going to jail or being labelled a pervert or paedophile, simply because one of them is not yet 16.

Answer 5

With the breakdown of marriages and lots more solo people around I reckon theres some truth in the media. Sex is sold OTT everywhere, web sites everything, weirdos can do what they want without getting caught easily, so yes I bet there are more.

Answer 6

As a percentage of population there are probably no more now than 20 or 30 years ago. However the opportunity for them to flourish is greater. The internet has probably assisted in the problem.

Answer 7

yep there r more perverts and paedos. make sure u know were your kids r at all times
my mum wont let my sis out after school or own her own and she is 12. when i was younger my mum told me to go in when the lights outside started to come on but it wasn't as bad then

Answer 8

i'm not sure if there are more out there, or if it's maybe a sign of changing times. by that i mean a better, faster means of distributing information. years ago, there was no internet, and papers and radio generally covered local stories. so, there may be the same number, just we are more aware of it.

Answer 9

I wouldn't say there are more of them, just that they've become a lot bolder over the years. Doesn't help that the criminal justice system is a joke when it comes to matters like this.

Answer 10

diff to answer certainly in the news more but it is probably a case that a lot use to go unreported in years gone by people new about it but u didnt talk about such things or acknowledge them