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It was plenty talked about. I come from a conservative community though. Maybe that is the problem in your area.
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Darlin',
I was raised in the heart dixie with a bible on my bedside and a gun in my pickup...
We were in church if the wind blew the doors open and we prayed loud and long, just to make sure God heard us...
You can't get more conservative that that ;)

'Nice' people didn't talk about such things...
It wasn't....
Proper.

As for a quick rundown...
Me-- uncle and father, starting at 5
3rd grade-- red headed best buddy and her little sister, by their father
5th grade-- 14 year old sister of another best buddy, pregnant by step-father
6th grade-- Principle fired for reaching under the skirt and fondling the baby sister of another friend.
High school-- Repeatedly suicidal friend finally admitted she had been raped by her father's best friend and business partner....and she was scared to death to tell her parents because they were so religious and she knew they would blame her.

All of this was discussed by us on the playground and at recess....or years later when we were adults.

As for a quick rundown...
Me-- uncle and father, starting at 5....

Wow and reading you profile is an inspiration. But you should never had to have experienced such horror. Thank you very much for "your true insight" into "your experience."

I can't say I know what the problem was then. I'll be turning 30 this year so maybe you are older??? But as you can see I'm only guessing.

I have two little boys so boys are what is primarily on my mommy mind. If it seems as though I don't care what happens to girls I do and I came from a family of all girls.

I think another big rant with me is how casually everyone reacts about adult women sexually abusing teenage boys. It's even joked about with quite a cavalier attitude. You would never see quite as much of that, sickos not counted, when adult men sexually abuse teenage girls.

But this isn't a competition just dismay at how some people can't recognize that teenage boys can be emotionally, psychologically and physically manipulated. NOPE instead you have to listen to IDIOTS like Mr. Bill O'Reilly insist that boys can't be raped.

In high school there were girls that were "rumored" to be having sex with the band instructor. It was investigated but never any proof (just gossip) that anything had taken place.

It was once again talked about alot. I know I avoided the band teacher regardless.

Then there was a teenage boy who openly confessed (bragged) that he had sex with a 30 yr old woman at the age of 14. He laughed about it (sad I think and I wasn't laughing) and nothing was ever done about it at all.

Can you possibly see my point now of why I percieve there to be more support for girls than boys?

"As for a quick rundown..."

I'm sorry. That's so terrible... and the worst part is that it's so common. I knew a lot of girls growing up who were molested and raped by older men.. more than I can count offhand. I've also known one woman who was raped by her babysitter (a teenage girl) when she was 10. I know two guys who were forced to perform oral sex on men when they were young.

People have to realize that the threat is everywhere, and that children need to be watched over constantly. If all you're looking for is a homosexual coming after your kids, then you might be missing the greater threat.

Thank you for sharing your stories.