While I have presented many statistics about sexually abused
children, I have found little information about the number of men, since it is
mainly men, involved in child sex abuse. However, a UN report just released and
reported on BBC gives us a little more information.
The study involved 10,000 men from six different countries,
all of them in Asia. The study did not appear to focus on child sex abuse but
on rape in general. But it helps us to understand the rapist’s mind a little.
Almost a quarter of all men admitted committing at least one
rape. The most common form of rape occurred within intimate relationships where
the man felt he had some entitlement regardless of the woman’s refusal.
While
this is admittedly rape, and a problem, it is of little concern to my blog
theme of child sex abuse.
About one in ten men, however, admitted to raping a woman
who was not their partner. Nearly half of whom admitted to raping more than one
woman.
Entitlement was the main excuse for committing rape, again,
those are mostly, but not all, within an intimate relationship. The second most
common motivation reported was to rape as a form of entertainment, so for fun
or because they were bored.
That was followed by using rape as a form of punishment or
because the man was angry.
"Perhaps surprisingly, the least common motivation was
alcohol." said Dr Emma Fulu, author of the report.
Men who had themselves suffered violence as children,
especially childhood sexual abuse were more likely to have committed rape. This was confirmed to me by several people
who work or minister within the prison system in Canada.
More than half of non-partner rape perpetrators first did so
as adolescents, which affirms that young people are a crucial target population
for prevention of rape. And since adolescents
generally rape other adolescents, underage girls are the obvious target, but
boys are also targeted.
"The challenge now is to turn evidence into action, to
create a safer future for the next generation of women and girls."
Amen to that. However, this study did not address many of
the issues that involve child sex abuse. The pedophile is different from the
average rapist, the penchant for child brides in many cultures, the lack of
value men place on girls or women in many cultures, etc. etc.
To my mind, this study will address only a very small
portion of the problem of child sex abuse, but it’s better than nothing.
Please join my 3:15 PM prayer group and save our children
from sexual abuse.
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