Are there more child predators in the USA or is it just being recorded more often because of cameras being everywhere? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am a sexual abuse victim as a toddler. I am 60 and I still have cPTSD and need counseling. I cut off all local news to help with depression and anxiety and only read what I choose, yet in the past week there are literally over a dozen new cases with attempted kidnappings, peepers in bathrooms and showers, multiple rapes, CSAM from various religious organizations, and lawsuits going back decades. It seems like a pandemic of predators is happening.

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[-] [email protected] 116 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Outrage-bait drives traffic. What you're seeing is the same amount bad behavior over time being made much more visible by people who seek to profit from the misery, along with an overall increase in our willingness to discuss the issues

[-] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago

There has also been a cultural and legal shift such that family and community members are less likely to cover it up and more likely to report it than a few decades ago.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Exactly, back in the day you just had the neighbourhood pedo. Now people actually do something. Louis CK has a good bit about it.

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