I wanted to make sure I posted this article by itself. It is from the Vancouver Sun:
Landmark sex exploitation study finds surprising number of female abusers
Gerry Bellett, Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Canada's largest study into the sexual exploitation of street kids and runaways has shattered the myths and stereotypes about who the abusers are, the most surprising finding being that many are women seeking sex with young males.
"I must admit it wasn't something we were expecting," said Elizabeth Saewyc, associate professor of nursing at the University of B.C. and principal investigator for the study, conducted by Vancouver's McCreary Centre Society.
"Some youth in each gender were exploited by women, with more than three out of four sexually exploited males reporting exchanging sex for money or goods with a female," she said.
The results were drawn from interviews with 1,845 youth -- some as young as 12 -- in surveys taken across the province between 2000 and 2006.
The stereotypical model of the child being abused -- a teenage girl being sexually abused by a man -- is wrong, Saewyc said.
Read the entire article here.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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