The article that talks about this case makes the comment that "solitary female paedophile were "extremely rare" – occurring in only about five per cent of sex abuse cases." This is the kind of misinformation that is misleading. Later in the article they state "Experts agree that women commit only a fraction of child sexual abuse but as little is known about female offenders, it is difficult to be accurate." So if it is difficult to be accurate how do you know it is rare? Current research is showing that it is not as rare as was once thought. It is extremely under reported though and anyone who has read through the Research/Data tab articles on here knows the % is probably much higher:
UK - A FEMALE former teacher is facing jail after sexually assaulting young children she had followed into public toilets.
Carol Clarke, 46, was described by police as a "predatory paedophile" after she admitted sex attacks on boys and girls – most aged between four and seven – in North East Lincolnshire.
She was acting alone.
However, the offences relate to younger children, dating as far back as 1992.
As far back as 1992. So this behavior has been going on for at least 17 years and she is just now getting caught. 17 years and no reports? Or 17 years and what few reports were made were not believed or dismissed.
On the day she was due to stand trial at Grimsby Crown Court, Clarke admitted following children into public toilets to assault them.
She also admitted two counts of indecently assaulting a child during or before June 1992 in North East Lincolnshire and three charges of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 during or before August 2008.
The exact number of offences and victims is not known, but, the court heard that she told police she had committed about 100 offences on a small number of children.
Over 100 offenses and not caught until now. And then only caught because she told a therapist who reported her.
The court heard her offending came to light after she sought help from mental health teams, who alerted police.
Representing Clarke, David Lee said: "She was recognising the feelings that she had and was trying to get as much therapy as she could."
It only took her 17 or more years to "recognise" the feelings. 17 years worth of victims.
"There are still those members of the general public and even some experts who still ignore women's capacity for sexual abuse.
"Thankfully education is challenging these beliefs." - Read the entire article here
Thankfully people are starting to understand as we see more and more high profile cases show up. I just wonder how many years it will take for the "rare" comments to stop.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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So many victims, so many people knew things, this is classic bystander syndrome; where people see what is happening, but don't do anything about it because it is not their problem, and if they do get involved, iti will only cause harm to themselves. It's like the guys wasthing a girl being rapeed, and they keep saying, "Somebody should go down there and help." but nobody ever becomes the first one to go. It's easier to do these kinds of things the more people know about it, because the more there are who know, the less likely one person will do something.
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