Women may account for
25% of sexual abuse on children
The ultimate taboo: the sexual abuse by women
of children and teenagers.
by David Cannon
by David Cannon
The program contained explicit descriptions of the attacks and the emotional, and physical damage they caused and made horrific viewing.
It was acknowledged that the scale and nature of these attacks had been severely underestimated, and yes, you've guessed, women abusers were pitied by the courts and only got probation whereas men get long sentences. Many myths were exposed, such as the one that women only sexually abused when coerced by men - they in fact played the lead part. Also the myth that women are incapable of cruelty - what we saw was beyond belief.
What we saw was that women used excessive force (using implements like chair legs and cutlery) and the abuse was more traumatic than that committed by men.
In a sample of 127 survivors of sexual abuse, 86% were not believed when they said the abuser was a woman.
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