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Most men will not admit to being molested. Because of the perceived or real stigma associated with it. However, many molesters were molested when they were young. Its difficult to stop the sickness from travelling from one generation to the next.
I think that's where we have to move forward and focus on as a society. All is this is wrapped up in fear of homosexuality and being unmanly. Even though being sexually abused has nothing to do with being homosexual and being manly isn't dependent on being straight. Those that are abused are made to feel guilty, as if it was their fault. And they're made to feel that being abused means they're gay, even though the two aren't connected and even if they happen to be gay, there's nothing wrong with it.
We have to remove the stigma of abuse and the shame that comes with it to encourage people who have been abused to come forward and get treatment before it gets to the point where they engage in this type of behavior.
Also, I have no numbers to back this up, but common sense would tell you that the overwhelming number of people that are sexually abused as kids do not go on to become pedophiles. I don't want my responses to be taken that way.
the other thing i remember from cursory research is that in various populations, boys are actually more abused than women
Probably Joe Paterno's fault...
•1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse;
•Self-report studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood sexual assault or sexual abuse incident;
•During a one-year period in the U.S., 16% of youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;
•Over the course of their lifetime, 28% of U.S. youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;
Now this stat I deal with everyday:
1 in 3 juveniles are approached online by predators. 1 in 33 are aggressively approached. this stat was just released in Nov. at a ICAC class I attended.