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Child sex
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The wisdom of
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Your article on summer
being dreaded by sex abuse counsellors (Jan 8) is appalling nonsense which
perpetuates the myths, exaggerations and belief systems on which the sex
abuse industry is based. The claim that only 7.5
per cent of rapes are reported to the police is ridiculous. It is impossible to know how many events
were NOT reported. They further claim that of reported rapes, "only 30
per cent go to court, and of those, only 10 per cent result in a
conviction". Rubbish ! Ministry of Justice
statistics show the average number of rape convictions during the 1990 decade
was 209 annually. About half the
accused (another 200 or so) were acquitted.
The counsellors figures wrongly suggest over 2,000 were charged and
vast numbers of rapes were committed. It was also said that
women are surprised when police don't believe them. If there were no false
allegations, they would be believed. The fact that women have made so many
false allegations created a clear need for healthy scepticism and a neutral,
objective evaluation of the evidence. Some women who have indulged in casual
consensual sex, especially when they've been out drinking, later regret the
incident and convert it into a false allegation of rape. That young women
"dress in skimpy clothing" and have "a right to go out
drinking" is indisputable. But
those rights incur responsibilities and demand common sense. Everyone has a right to go swimming, but
whose responsibility is it if the swimmer drowns ? Ms Humphris' comment
that she is "very aware that there are paedophiles everywhere" is
emotive claptrap. Reliance on credible
and sensible information, instead of sophistry and misinformation, may have
produced a more useful article. |
