Almost half of all sex offences are committed against children, despite them making up just 21% of the population, the BBC has learned.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10254922.stm


And despite 95% of sex laws only applying to children (as possible victims), many of which were created in the last few years by zanuliebour.

This country gets dumber and dumber by the day.

And double shame on the BBC for headlining the obvious when it should be focusing more on the far more disturbing and relevant fact that 15% of violent crimes are committed against children.

19,000 Sex crimes
111,000 Violent crimes
Against Under 18s

Not good figures and show how kids are taking the "strain" of New Labour's "hate filled society" where exploitation is worn as a badge.

Note FIVE TIMES more violence takes place. Terrifying for a child. Yet the MEDIA only seems to report the sex crimes - as in this article.....weird.

I read this story ... but haven't fully digested it yet.
We all know that you can do anything with statistics !

Do we think the figures genuinely reflect the situation or is it that the police only concentrate on crimes involving (or allegedly involving) those under 18.

Can make an awful lot of difference to the outcome !

well...this was my point ITK.

That it's almost as dumb as being surprised that 100% of statutory rape victims are minors.

Of course half of all sex crime victims are minors, because half (or more) of sex laws are laws in which only a minor can be a victim.

The sexualisation of Children by our "Media" and our "government agencies" means that 60% of kids are breaking the law every year. This would be MILLIONS of kids committing sex offences against each other - remember that in many cases the offences are by other children ( as in the Old Bailey trial )

These figures are typical of bad statistics whereby only headline figures are used without any breakdown - I agree with Blackit's orginal post in that respect.

We need to stop our kids being sexualised. CAMERON promised to do this - let us see if he delivers.

BR wrote:
The sexualisation of Children by our "Media" and our "government agencies" means that 60% of kids are breaking the law every year. This would be MILLIONS of kids committing sex offences against each other - remember that in many cases the offences are by other children ( as in the Old Bailey trial )

These figures are typical of bad statistics whereby only headline figures are used without any breakdown - I agree with Blackit's orginal post in that respect.

We need to stop our kids being sexualised. CAMERON promised to do this - let us see if he delivers.

I can't comment on these figures but you made an excellent point BR that young teens of today-especially males, are being almost set-up or future 'historic' rape claims.

Well there was another report the other day that claimed that 80% of 10 year olds have viewed hardcore porn on the web.

I actually quite believe that, shocking and horrifying though it is - thinking back to how eager boys in my school were at a not much older age to find discarded porn mags in the street etc, it doesn't surprise me that 10 year old boys will make a few clicks of the mouse to look at porn.

The problem with the sexualising of children debate is it's a bit simplistic. First, given that childhood has been internationally defined by femi-nazis and American religious loons as lasting up to the age of 18, it contains an inherent lie - that 'children' in their mid to late teens are essentially non-sexual and that any exposure to sexual matters is 'sexualising' them. Actually, you can only 'de-sexualise' and try to force innocence upon most teenagers. You can never sexualise post-pubescent humans who have been flooded by nature with sexual hormones. Tell them they are going to go to hell for masturbating, f*** them up, confuse them, transpose upon them your own life long hatred and feeling of shame for sex - but not sexualise them.

We would be better off trying to examine the causes as to why children are begginning puberty ever earlier (ex: chemicals in the environment). If we really can't handle the idea of 10 year old girls growing breasts and 10 year old boys looking at porn, we'd be acting more humanely and rationally by inventing and giving them drugs to delay puberty rather than trying to re-infantilise them.

Secondly, it ignores the realities of new media and technology. What exactly is the point of preventing 15 year olds from watching sexy pop groups on MTV if they can just click on a hardcore pornography site whenever they want to? (and you will never completely stop children, or anybody else for that matter, from accessing internet porn - per head of population, it is countries like Iran and China that search for porn the most - countries where looking at any kind of porn will get you a long time in prison).

Seems to me that society should be looking to adapt to changing realities created by new technology, however unwanted they are, rather than trying to go back to victorian (or medieval) solutions (and hypocracies).

In our overcrowded planet, why are we still insisting on a sexual morality based on the need to preserve family values and for sex to only be valid within a committed relationship? Why not just have marriage held up as a partnership of parents who want to raise a family (a declining minority), rather than continue the deciet that long-term monogamous ralationships are the only route to happiness?

good points Blacklit.

Society is completely be-fuddled by child sexuality. Re-call how the tabloids jumped in and started speculating about the possible love matches in the Harry Potter films..anything to sell a copy.

Do you think poor Alfie may get charged when he is 40 over 'historic' child abuse..or the girl he went with ?

Blackit wrote:
In our overcrowded planet, why are we still insisting on a sexual morality based on the need to preserve family values and for sex to only be valid within a committed relationship? Why not just have marriage held up as a partnership of parents who want to raise a family (a declining minority), rather than continue the deciet that long-term monogamous ralationships are the only route to happiness?

Interesting point.

The (present) alternative though seems to be lots of young girls who have had a string of one-nighters and have ended-up just being used as dustbins. You can see them on every council estate.

The children produced by these relationships almost always end up in the same boat (following the parental example?) on low morale, no jobs, and certainly no prospects.

I've always believed in freedom ... but with every freedom comes responsibility (and that doesn't mean abortion on demand).

Until some of these young people have some respect for themselves they can hardly expect anyone else to respect them, can they ?

The word balance springs to mind.

No one is suggesting that the average 14 - 18 year old is not interested in sex - that is part of growing up. It is the go out and grab sex lobby - who encourage these kids to go and experiment ( often with people much older than themselves who have experience I might add ) and then we have the other lobby calling every sexual encounter CHILD ABUSE even when they are willing and 18 years old because it suits the legal profession to think that what used to be legal many years ago has now been criminalised.

These are DOUBLE standards of the worst type.

Balance and understanding is what is needed - the Council Slapper estates have been created by these double standards. Girls who from the age of 10 think it is cool to prance around in their knickers using their sexuality as a currency and so on.....encouraged by mainstream videos ( like Kylie's latest video and Miley Cyrus who now seems to forget to wear any clothes for most of her performances ( after all she is just 17 years old ..... )

Something does need to be done. New Labour have totally messed up kids lives - they dont know where they stand anymore and it is bad enough growing up - but growing up with double standards in everything is even more confusing.

I do think long term relationships are the aim for most people - that is what we all want in the end - we do seem to thrive better when we do that especially if we want to "breed" !!! So marriage is the best way - evidence shows that. It does not mean it is for everyone I realise that.