So help me Yahweh, the next time I hear some feminist dimwit like
Zerlina Maxwell crowing about how we “must believe the victim,” I am
going to hack off one of my toes just to get my mind off the pain in my
head from having to listen to this bullshit.
First of all, unless something has been proven in a court of law, the
word “victim” should remain forever in scare quotes. You know why?
Because we have something, however dwindling, called a criminal justice
system. That carries with it certain principles, like the presumption of
innocence.
Let me explain a little about what that means. I will try to break it
down real simple-like, so that even rape journalists like Maxwell can
comprehend it—when she isn’t glassy-eyed with zealous misandry.
Presumed innocence means those exact words. Literally. It means that
if you are sitting on a jury, or just sitting at your laptop or TV, you
must assume that whoever is getting the finger pointed at them at the
moment didn’t do a damn thing. You must assume that they were just
living their life, minding their own business, but for some reason that
you know absolutely nothing about, they were scooped up by police and
charged with a crime for which the prosecutor believed there was enough
provable evidence to convict them beyond a reasonable doubt.
Until that conviction comes, they are legally and morally innocent.
Consequently, for the sake of justice, you must assume that the
prosecutor is full of crap and is prosecuting someone for no apparent
reason until he or she can provide you evidence so compelling and
convincing that there is no reasonable doubt in your mind that the
accused is actually guilty.
You must assume that whoever accusing them is doing so falsely, until
you are convinced by the same solid, completely credible evidence that
they are not lying. Until then, you must assume their accusation means
nothing. That is what presumed innocent until proven guilty means. It
means that you don’t have a single iota of belief in the so-called
“victim’s” story until evidence forces you to believe otherwise.
That includes rape.
To be even clearer, there are no rape victims until it has been proven in a court of law. There are only “victims.”
Even then, it can be quite questionable. Rape shield laws, rules on
allowing convictions without forensic evidence, corrupt cops, corrupt
prosecutors, and the built-in bias of jurors to protect alleged (female)
“victims” already cast a shadow on the criminal justice system wide
enough to cover a small country.
But that is just digressing for the moment because the court of
public opinion is the topic at hand. We are now deluged with scores of
two-bit rape journalism and ideological witch hunts in our university
system. We have abandoned any sense of due process in the cultural
narrative and yielded like zombies to insultingly stupid public outcries
to believe anyone with a hangover and a fuzzy rape story, even if that
story changes every five minutes.
Believe the “victim”? My ass. I don’t believe in anything I have to
put in scare quotes. And that is the way it is supposed to be in a
society guided by laws and legal canons that are supposedly inviolable.
Instead of that society, we now believe “victims” until it is proven
that they lied (and they lie for an encyclopedia full of reasons). Even
then we hear feminists uttering nonsense like “even if they lied they
were a hero for starting the conversation.”
I actually saw that on Twitter recently regarding Rolling Stone’s
decline into the rape journalism cesspool. Fortunately, I don’t
remember the silly twit who tweeted it, but I am betting that a
screenshot of it turns up in the comments to this article.
It is time we faced up to some facts, and I am growing ever more
grateful that AVfM remains here as a place where things like facts can
still be discussed.
Fact: Our culture has gone rape-crazy. Not with rapes but with the
insistence that the crime happens about 500 times more than it actually
does. Per rape academicians like Mary Koss, we are identifying rape
“victims” even when they were reporting on surveys that they were not
raped, even when they continued dating their “rapists” after the “rape.”
And we are publicly crushing the reputations of anyone who has the
audacity to insist on that pesky thing we call proof before picking up a
torch and pitchfork with everyone else.
We have a world full of Horace Gilmers while a smattering of Atticus
Finches are reduced to writing blog posts that scores of people hold
their nose while reading. It’s as though their fake nobility raises them
above the principles of law and common sense—because vagina.
Let me put it this way. I have an abundance of sympathy for rape
victims, of either sex. Rape “victims”? Meh. Truth be told, I am pretty
much sick and tired of hearing about them. And I am sick and tired of
hearing them be called “survivors.”
You have to be a victim to be a survivor. If you are a “victim,” you
are just someone with an unproven story, pointing a finger at someone
who has not been proven to have done anything wrong.
Sorry, but that is the only way a system of justice can work unless
you count gangs wearing sheets and carrying lots of rope as “justice.”
Oh, and if you were “raped” but you reported it to your college
administration and not to the police, then as far as I am concerned, you
are doing a shit-poor job of even being a “victim.” Your story could
and should be used as fertilizer.
Reporting any violent crime, from muggings to assaults of varying
degrees, can be an emotionally stressful, often embarrassing experience.
It does not have to be a rape to be a hard process. I know that from
personal experience. That is life for any real crime victim. Deal with
it and start taking your life back. Sucking sustenance off the
reflexive, gushing sympathies of others is a scam—no more, no less.
Having just enough courage to tell your college administration that
you were raped, when you know that they will not give the accused a
chance to even question you about your allegations, but too little
courage to tell the police is a chicken-shit move that helps cast doubt
on all alleged victims of this crime.
Give real victims a break. Tell the cops or shut the hell up.
If you won’t even tell the police, don’t expect people to pay for
your “survivor” T-shirt or to give a rat’s ass about why you are wearing
it.
But hold out your tin can anyway. P.T. Barnum assures us that someone is born every minute who will toss in a dime.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/feminist-lies-feminism/rape-accusations-are-all-lies-until-proven-otherwise/
Sunday 18 January 2015
Just because you regret your life choices doesn't mean it's rape
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Just because you regret your life choices doesn't mean it's rape |
Saturday 17 January 2015
Feminist Myths: Rape Culture
I’m sure we’ve all heard about rape culture from Feminists before.
It’s a term that originally referred to the frequency and trivialization
of rape within the prison system. But Feminists have turned it into
their own personal tool. They believe that we, in Western society, live
in a culture which normalizes, encourages, and trivializes the rape of
women. The hard truth is that we simply don’t.
Many Feminists like to quote the false statistic of “1 in 4 women are raped” (or 1 in 5, 1 in 3, 1 in 6, it seems to change quite often). The facts about this “statistic” are that, on top of being wildly over inflated, it comes from a study conducted by a Feminist by the name of Mary Koss, and was first published in a tabloid magazine by the name of “Ms. Magazine”.
Mary Koss herself has previously admitted that 73% of the women she classified as rape victims, did not believe they had been raped. 43% of the women she classified as victims had even gone on to date their “attackers”. Stockholm Syndrome can’t account for percentages that high. If you take the women who don’t believe they were raped out of the equation, the statistic comes down to about 1 in 16 women, or about 6.25%. This is relatively close to the rate of prison rape, which is 1 in 20 or 5%.
It would seem that it is not society that is trivializing rape, but rather that it is Feminists themselves. When you constantly use a statistic which purposefully over-represents the number of rape victims, you are broadening the definition of rape to include things that are not, in fact, rape.
There’s also the ever infamous “Don’t be that guy” poster campaign. There are 2 problems with this campaign and its message. One, is that it completely ignores that women commit rape as well (something I’ll address in a later post). The second, is that it employs the “teach men not to rape” tactic, which implies that the natural state of a man, is that of a rapist. Not only is this a completely insulting message, it is also horribly wrong. Men don’t need to be told rape is wrong. We know that. We don’t go around our whole lives thinking “Rape is so great!” until somebody tells us otherwise. Please, just stop spreading this message. Not only is it completely ridiculous, it is also very very hateful.
Now onto the concept of “victim blaming”. I’d like to point out the difference between “victim blaming” and “preventative measures”.
Victim Blaming: “She was dressed like a slut, she deserved to get raped!”
Preventative Measures: “You should put on a jacket and hide a weapon inside it before you go out, just in case somebody tries to attack you.”
It is not victim blaming to recommend you learn the proper way to defend yourself against criminals. We do this for literally EVERY other crime. You can’t “teach rapists not to rape”, because rapists do not care about feelings, and they don’t care about right and wrong.
We live in a society which tries to help women protect themselves against rape. We live in a society where 4 women can falsely accuse a taxi driver of rape over a $13 cab fare, and NOT get in trouble for it. I feel like Feminists want society to simply take the word of the victim. The problem with this, is that it would mean completely abandoning the premise of “Innocent until proven guilty” that is supposed to be the backbone of our legal system. You cannot simply convict one person on the word of another. If you could, it’d be like the Salem Witch Trials all over again.
If you want an example of a rape culture, please, look to the Middle East where women are literally being executed because they were raped. That is rape culture, and that is not our society.
http://dontneedfeminism.com/post/59636618403/feminist-myths-rape-culture
Many Feminists like to quote the false statistic of “1 in 4 women are raped” (or 1 in 5, 1 in 3, 1 in 6, it seems to change quite often). The facts about this “statistic” are that, on top of being wildly over inflated, it comes from a study conducted by a Feminist by the name of Mary Koss, and was first published in a tabloid magazine by the name of “Ms. Magazine”.
Mary Koss herself has previously admitted that 73% of the women she classified as rape victims, did not believe they had been raped. 43% of the women she classified as victims had even gone on to date their “attackers”. Stockholm Syndrome can’t account for percentages that high. If you take the women who don’t believe they were raped out of the equation, the statistic comes down to about 1 in 16 women, or about 6.25%. This is relatively close to the rate of prison rape, which is 1 in 20 or 5%.
It would seem that it is not society that is trivializing rape, but rather that it is Feminists themselves. When you constantly use a statistic which purposefully over-represents the number of rape victims, you are broadening the definition of rape to include things that are not, in fact, rape.
There’s also the ever infamous “Don’t be that guy” poster campaign. There are 2 problems with this campaign and its message. One, is that it completely ignores that women commit rape as well (something I’ll address in a later post). The second, is that it employs the “teach men not to rape” tactic, which implies that the natural state of a man, is that of a rapist. Not only is this a completely insulting message, it is also horribly wrong. Men don’t need to be told rape is wrong. We know that. We don’t go around our whole lives thinking “Rape is so great!” until somebody tells us otherwise. Please, just stop spreading this message. Not only is it completely ridiculous, it is also very very hateful.
Now onto the concept of “victim blaming”. I’d like to point out the difference between “victim blaming” and “preventative measures”.
Victim Blaming: “She was dressed like a slut, she deserved to get raped!”
Preventative Measures: “You should put on a jacket and hide a weapon inside it before you go out, just in case somebody tries to attack you.”
It is not victim blaming to recommend you learn the proper way to defend yourself against criminals. We do this for literally EVERY other crime. You can’t “teach rapists not to rape”, because rapists do not care about feelings, and they don’t care about right and wrong.
We live in a society which tries to help women protect themselves against rape. We live in a society where 4 women can falsely accuse a taxi driver of rape over a $13 cab fare, and NOT get in trouble for it. I feel like Feminists want society to simply take the word of the victim. The problem with this, is that it would mean completely abandoning the premise of “Innocent until proven guilty” that is supposed to be the backbone of our legal system. You cannot simply convict one person on the word of another. If you could, it’d be like the Salem Witch Trials all over again.
If you want an example of a rape culture, please, look to the Middle East where women are literally being executed because they were raped. That is rape culture, and that is not our society.
http://dontneedfeminism.com/post/59636618403/feminist-myths-rape-culture
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The stereotype of the male stud who is always up for sex is being challenged by new research from the University of Guelph showing that men are almost as likely to be coerced in the bedroom as women.
The
stereotype of the male stud who is always up for sex is being
challenged by new research from the University of Guelph showing that
men are almost as likely to be coerced in the bedroom as women.
A study of 518 university students found that 38.8% of men and 47.9% of women reported being pressured into a range of sexual activity, from kissing and cuddling to intercourse and oral sex.
But the most surprising finding was the link between popularized notions of the male libido and the susceptibility of both genders to pressure, said Cailey Hartwick, the lead author of the study published in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
The existence of traditional stereotypes may cause men to engage in sexual activity rather than feel guilty about refusing it. Meanwhile, adherence to such stereotypes by women may fuel the belief "that resistance may be somewhat futile against a man's indomitable desire for sex," the study stated.
It may also in part explain coercive behaviour by women toward men.
"I hadn't anticipated that. I thought it would possibly predict men being coerced because of the whole idea that they should want to have sex and feel guilty if they don't," Ms. Hartwick in an interview. "What I thought was interesting was that it put both men and women at risk of sexual coercion."
Of the 251 males and 267 female respondents who completed the anonymous questionnaire, 23.3% of men and 34% of women related being pressed into kissing and fondling, while 18.3% of men and 21.1% of women said they were strong-armed into intercourse and 5.8% of men and 4.2% of women complained of being cajoled into oral sex.
The study defined coercion as everything from mild cajoling to full-blown sexual assault. However, only a tiny fraction of respondents told of being physically forced into sex. The majority reported being seduced by "guilt-tripping" or intoxication.
In his Vancouver sex therapy practice, David McKenzie said he has counselled thousands of couples whose most common complaints are women with low sex drive followed by men with a sexual dysfunction.
"I could probably count on less than two hands that I've ever heard the man say that he felt coerced into having sex at any time," Dr. McKenzie said. "I certainly notice a good proportion of women who want regular sex with their partners and sometimes a man will have difficulty that way in performing. But it's more of a performance issue. It doesn't have to do with 'I just don't feel like sex tonight, dear,' while the women is sitting there ... dying to have sex with him."
Josey Vogels, a sex columnist and author of several books, including Bedside Manners: Sex Etiquette Made Easy, also said she rarely hears men complaining about being pushed into sex.
"But given our culture's belief that men want it anytime, all the time, I suspect it would be much harder for a man to admit he didn't want it," she said. "Men [and women] are conditioned to think that any way a guy can get laid is a score -- the old 'she can seduce me anytime' bravado.
"I do, on the other hand, hear a lot from women who complain their partners don't want sex as much as she does and that she has to initiate all the time, which could be considered a form of coercion, I suppose."
But Peter Davison, executive director of a Nova Scotia-based organization called Men For Change, says he was not surprised in the least. In discussion groups he runs, many involving university-age students, many men express frustration over the pressure to live up to the myth of the male lothario.
"I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about male performance and the fact that some men actually want to form emotional bonds before they have sexual encounters," Mr. Davison said. "There's the stereotype is that we're ready to go at any moment and the truth is we're not; the truth is we desire authentic human connection."
ahanes@nationalpost.com
A study of 518 university students found that 38.8% of men and 47.9% of women reported being pressured into a range of sexual activity, from kissing and cuddling to intercourse and oral sex.
But the most surprising finding was the link between popularized notions of the male libido and the susceptibility of both genders to pressure, said Cailey Hartwick, the lead author of the study published in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
The existence of traditional stereotypes may cause men to engage in sexual activity rather than feel guilty about refusing it. Meanwhile, adherence to such stereotypes by women may fuel the belief "that resistance may be somewhat futile against a man's indomitable desire for sex," the study stated.
It may also in part explain coercive behaviour by women toward men.
"I hadn't anticipated that. I thought it would possibly predict men being coerced because of the whole idea that they should want to have sex and feel guilty if they don't," Ms. Hartwick in an interview. "What I thought was interesting was that it put both men and women at risk of sexual coercion."
Of the 251 males and 267 female respondents who completed the anonymous questionnaire, 23.3% of men and 34% of women related being pressed into kissing and fondling, while 18.3% of men and 21.1% of women said they were strong-armed into intercourse and 5.8% of men and 4.2% of women complained of being cajoled into oral sex.
The study defined coercion as everything from mild cajoling to full-blown sexual assault. However, only a tiny fraction of respondents told of being physically forced into sex. The majority reported being seduced by "guilt-tripping" or intoxication.
In his Vancouver sex therapy practice, David McKenzie said he has counselled thousands of couples whose most common complaints are women with low sex drive followed by men with a sexual dysfunction.
"I could probably count on less than two hands that I've ever heard the man say that he felt coerced into having sex at any time," Dr. McKenzie said. "I certainly notice a good proportion of women who want regular sex with their partners and sometimes a man will have difficulty that way in performing. But it's more of a performance issue. It doesn't have to do with 'I just don't feel like sex tonight, dear,' while the women is sitting there ... dying to have sex with him."
Josey Vogels, a sex columnist and author of several books, including Bedside Manners: Sex Etiquette Made Easy, also said she rarely hears men complaining about being pushed into sex.
"But given our culture's belief that men want it anytime, all the time, I suspect it would be much harder for a man to admit he didn't want it," she said. "Men [and women] are conditioned to think that any way a guy can get laid is a score -- the old 'she can seduce me anytime' bravado.
"I do, on the other hand, hear a lot from women who complain their partners don't want sex as much as she does and that she has to initiate all the time, which could be considered a form of coercion, I suppose."
But Peter Davison, executive director of a Nova Scotia-based organization called Men For Change, says he was not surprised in the least. In discussion groups he runs, many involving university-age students, many men express frustration over the pressure to live up to the myth of the male lothario.
"I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about male performance and the fact that some men actually want to form emotional bonds before they have sexual encounters," Mr. Davison said. "There's the stereotype is that we're ready to go at any moment and the truth is we're not; the truth is we desire authentic human connection."
ahanes@nationalpost.com
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Women who drink are not responsible for their actions
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Women who drink are not responsible for their actions |
Friday 16 January 2015
False rape accusations: from propaganda to reality
So, lately, this so-called infographic (which spreads nothing but disinformation) has been circulated on Tumblr:http://dontneedfeminism.com/post/87109436500/false-rape-accusations-from-propaganda-to-reality
Since so many people don’t seem to realize the numerous faults in it, I shall attempt to cast light on them and update the above graphic accordingly.
1.) It lists victims of false accusations in the “not reported” group
I wonder if the people at the Enliven Project even know what a false rape accusation IS, seeing as they apparently think it doesn’t involve reporting it. The correct place for them would be in the “reported” group, as follows:
2.) Padding data with “unreported” cases
It’s quite fascinating to see all the supposed statistics on what people never report. Newsflash, everyone: statistics are DIRECTLY BASED ON REPORTS. You can estimate the number of unreported cases, but that’s called GUESSING, and has no place in actual statistics. Thus, the “unreported” block should be removed in its entirety.
(Funnily enough, upon removing the “unreported” group, it comes down to exactly 100 figures, and they represented the 2% of all cases being false with 2 figures… Proof of padding? You be the judge.)
3.) It assumes “guilty unless proven innocent”
Note how before its removal, the “unreported” block actually said “rapists”? Apparently, while false accusation cases should be held to the highest standard of evidence (requiring one not only that they did not commit rape, but that they had absolutely no means to commit it in the first place), rape cases should be held to the lowest, and if someone says they have been raped, we should just take it at face value (unlike ANY OTHER crime) and consider the accused a rapist right away!
Blatantly skewed. Truth is, without decisive evidence, a case cannot be proven, thus it could be one, it could be the other. And since for the purposes of this reasoning, the difference between whether or not a case reaches court doesn’t matter, the two groups will be meshed together here.
And finally…
4.) Calculating with the lowest possible number of false accusations
Even according to the Enliven Project, the reports of (conclusively) false cases range from 2% to 8%. Why, then, did they choose to use the absolute lowest value? To diminish its importance, of course. Unlike them, I will be fair, and instead of using the maximum value, use its median: 5%.
Here’s reality, stripped of propaganda.
10% of cases are conclusively true.
5% of cases are conclusively false.
And any amount of the remaining 85% could be true/false.
And you expect us to believe that even though one-third of the conclusive cases have been proven false, none of the remaining 85% are?
The facts are here. Do what you will with them.
Thursday 15 January 2015
A Debunking of False Rape Statistics
"The fear of getting falsely accused of rape just doesn’t compare to the fear of an actual rapist getting away with his or her crime." - The Enliven ProjectWe can’t be too harsh on the false accusers who actually step forward themselves, because that would disincentivize them to come forward, but those found to have falsely accused without coming forward themselves should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, up to accessory to rape if their victim was assaulted in prison (for however many counts can be proven).
To begin, the comparison of a rapist never being prosecuted to the fear of being falsely accused of rape is ridiculous and dismissive of the statistical evidence and experience that men who are falsely accused face. For all, being falsely accused is a lifetime sentence often dealt with internally because they are told that being falsely accused doesn’t matter and they should just get over it. For many others it means spending time in a prison cell for anywhere between a couple months to upwards of thirty years. If you’ve ever heard about how rapists are treated in prison then it becomes clear that these men probably become victims themselves while serving time. Remember, these men are innocent. While the feminist argument is that "men are raping men so its just the fault of men so who cares", it completely absolves the women who were responsible for putting them there in the first place.
To put it simply, men who are falsely accused and convicted of rape become the victims of brutal, reoccurring sexual assault during their sentences. So when The Enliven Project and feminists alike downplay false accusations what they are really saying is that innocent men who are sexually assaulted over and over again in a confined space with no hope of escape or help either deserve it or isn’t at all important.
97% OF ALL RAPISTS NEVER SERVE A DAY IN PRISON? WRONG.
According to the most recent analysis of data involving sexual assault and sex offenders, felony convictions are sought for 80% of all rape arrests, as seen here:
Information on the adjudication of rape offenders is also contrary to the 97% statistic, as seen here:
The time a rapist served may be less than the sentence imposed by the courts but nonetheless it is still contrary to the idea that 97% of all rapists do not serve one day in jail, as seen here:
And while it can be argued that punishments for rape are not harsh enough, there are virtually no punishments for false accusers who ruin lives and as previously mentioned above are responsible for innocent men being sexually assaulted on a constant basis in prison. For vindictive women there is only reward. Therefore, what is the deterrent if false accusers are rarely punished?
EXAMINING THE 2-8% FALSE RAPE STATISTIC AND THE NUMBERS IT REPRESENTS
The widely accepted statistic for false rape accusations is between 2-8% even though 14 out of 20 studies have placed them at a much higher rate. But even if we accept the 2-8% statistic, the numbers are not low as the statistic would suggest. For example, in 2009 there were 88,097 rapes reported according to the Department of Justice. If we take 5%, the median of 2-8% that people widely accept as the true statistic of false accusations, that would mean out of 88,097 reported rapes that 4,404 men were falsely accused of rape. That’s four thousand four hundred and four men falsely accused of rape just in 2009 alone.
Just let that sink in for a minute.
That is in no way a small number and quite frankly a very disturbing realization. Now apply the same calculation to every figure since 1990:
1990 // 5,127 falsely accusedThat’s 96,244 men falsely accused from 1990 to 2009 according to the figures provided by the Department of Justice in correlation to the median of 5% from the 2-8% false rape accusation statistic.
1991 // 5,329 falsely accused
1992 // 5,453 falsely accused
1993 // 5,300 falsely accused
1994 // 5,110 falsely accused
1995 // 4,873 falsely accused
1996 // 4,812 falsely accused
1997 // 4,807 falsely accused
1998 // 4,657 falsely accused
1999 // 4,470 falsely accused
2000 // 4,508 falsely accused
2001 // 4,543 falsely accused
2002 // 4,761 falsely accused
2003 // 4,694 falsely accused
2004 // 4,754 falsely accused
2005 // 4,717 falsely accused
2006 // 4,739 falsely accused
2007 // 4,593 falsely accused
2008 // 4,593 falsely accused
2009 // 4,404 falsely accused
Now consider the fact that 14 out of 20 studies on the prevalence of false rape accusations place them at a much higher rate, as seen here:
BUT WHY WOULD A WOMAN LIE ABOUT BEING RAPED?
This question is often asked as if to suggest that women do not lie about being raped even though its been proven that women will lie about being raped for any amount of reasons including covering up an affair to having an excuse for skipping work to not getting enough sympathy from friends to not wanting to pay a $13 cab fare to simply not liking the men they’re with anymore to motivations of racism to being obsessed with the victim to no reason at all among many, many more absolutely absurd reasons. Asking this question implies that women are saints when the truth is that they are just about as much a saint as men are. Its important to remember that people are individuals and everyone has motivations and agendas, some being criminal or vindictive. Some people have mental issues and are sociopaths. So please, stop acting like women have no reason to lie about being raped because you just make yourself out to be someone who isn’t at all in touch with reality or how completely horrible people can be.
"Those who suffer genuine rape are undermined by people like you. You undermine the whole system of justice." - Judge Ian Pringles
CONCLUSION AND WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT ALL THIS
Rape is a very serious crime that should come with very harsh punishments. However, we should be very diligent in separating the truth from the lies and this means asking the tough questions and getting information no matter what.
The feminist outcry of “rape apologist” and “victim blamer” only works on those simple minded enough to fall for buzzwords that hardly make up for lack of a good argument. While its true that rape can sometimes be hard to prove, false accusations are virtually impossible to prove especially when no proof can be provided to support either claim which only comes down to “he said, she said” and is open to personal opinion.
The overall truth is that women can use the power of being perceived as victims to their advantage while men cannot. Whether they choose to use this advantage or not really depends on their character. Obviously not all women are this way but many are and its an insult to the victims of false accusations to suggest that because the rate is supposedly low that it means they are inconsequential. Feminists will believe this up until someone they love is falsely accused and when that happens, what then?
False accusations are the sole reason for doubt when a real victim comes forward to make a report. Essentially, false accusations are more responsible for under reporting than the so-called rape culture. The sooner feminists and others realize this, the sooner real victims will find justice instead of a cloud of doubt.
In the end, false accusers should be punished for potentially ruining the life of another person and for harming the credibility of real victims. If you don’t agree with that then consider yourself a terrible person.
In either case they should be placed on the sex offenders’ registry.
http://dontneedfeminism.com/post/80699269572/chronicles-of-a-misled-society-pt-1-women-never
Female Sex Offenders - Female Sexual Predators
Sexual abuse by women of children and teens is a subject most parents and
caregivers are not familiar with. Female sexual predators go unreported because
of a lack of awareness by the public.
Female Sex Offenders- Sexual assault of children by females
Statistics - Female Sex Offenders - Female Sexual Predators
75% of sexual predators are male and 25% are female.86% of the victims of female sexual predators aren't believed, so the crimes go unreported and don't get prosecuted.
Considering these facts, arrest statistics for child sexual offenders by gender are meaningless.
From "The Sexual Abuse by Women of Children and Teenagers"
UK TV programme - Panorama - BBC1 - 10 pm Monday, October 6th, 1997
Up to 64,000 women in UK 'are child-sex offenders'
tags: Female Sex Offenders Statistics - Female Sexual Predators StatisticsAfter Plymouth case shocked the nation, police say number of women abusing children
The Guardian UK and The Observer, by Mark Townsend and Rajeev Syal, Sunday 4 October 2009
Child sex abuse by women is significantly more widespread than previously realised, with experts estimating that there could be up to 64,000 female offenders in Britain.
Researchers from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF), a child protection charity that deals with British female sex offenders, said its studies confirmed that a "fair proportion" of child abusers were women. Donald Findlater, director of research and development, said results indicated that up to 20% of a conservative estimate of 320,000 suspected UK paedophiles were women.
The release of the figures comes days after a Plymouth nursery school worker, Vanessa George – together with Angela Allen from Nottingham and Colin Blanchard from Rochdale – pleaded guilty to sexually abusing young children.
Ottawa teen prostitution ringleader gets 6½-year adult sentence
Young woman, who was 15 when she was arrested, led operation that trafficked other teen girls
CBC News Nov 04, 2014 - An 18-year-old female who led an operation that trafficked other female teenagers using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter today received an adult sentence of 6½ years in a correctional facility. The young woman was given credit for time she's already served in pre-sentence custody, meaning she will only serve another two years and 325 days.The 18-year-old was arrested in 2012, when she was 15, for leading the operation with two other teens as they recruited other girls through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, before drugging and beating them and forcing them into prostitution.
The 18-year-old was the only one who pleaded not guilty in her trial, but she was found guilty this January. The two other teens entered mid-trial guilty pleas in September 2013 for their roles in the violent pimping operation.
Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the 18-year-old faced a maximum sentence of three years. Under the adult Criminal Code, she faced a minimum sentence of five years. More ...
Polk female teacher faces 20 additional charges of sex with student
Female teacher accused of having sex with 17-year-old faces more unlawful sex charges stemming from a relationship with another boy.
Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. by Erica Rodriguez, April 23, 2014A Polk County female teacher already jailed for supposedly carrying on a love affair with a 17-year-old student now faces 20 additional counts of unlawful sex with another student, the Polk County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.
Jennifer Fichter, 29, was jailed last week after her alleged four-month sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy at Central Florida Aerospace Academy in Lakeland came to light. Polk County sheriff's investigators this week say the English teacher had consensual sex with another one of her students over a seven-month period beginning in October 2011.
The 17-year-old boy was a junior in Fichter's English class at the time, and the two communicated with a texting application which the boy downloaded to his iPod since he did not have a cell phone, according to an arrest report. The boy told investigators at first he and Fichter two would spend time in the teacher's apartment watching TV and cuddling on the couch in September 2011. The relationship then became sexual the following month. Some of the sexual encounters happened in the boy's bedroom while his mother was away, according to an arrest report. More..
Woman, 22, charged after girl, 15, rescued from sex trade at Burlington, Ont., hotel
Canadian Press, January 24, 2014BURLINGTON, Ont. — An investigation into sex trade workers operating from hotels led police to a teenage girl they allege was forced into prostitution in Burlington, Ont.
Halton regional police say they rescued the 15-year-old victim and laid human trafficking charges against a 22-year-old woman. More..
Female Perpetration of Child Sexual Abuse: An Overview of the Problem
The American Humane Association which was responsible for gathering data from the yearly reports provided by the 50 U.S. states child protective agencies from 1973 through 1987 on child sexual abuse. They found that approximately 20 percent of substantiated cases of child sexual abuse during that time period had been perpetrated by females. More ..We bring you this section of our website to increase your awareness of the problem. Hopefully, this increased awareness will protect more boys and girls from male and female sexual predators.
Notice how in some of the articles the term "affair" or "relationship" or "slept with" is used if the perpetrator is female. When the perpetrator is male it is more likely called "sexual assault" or "rape".
According to David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, U.S.A. and stated in one of the largest newspapers in the U.S.A., the rise in recognition and prosecution of female sexual predators is due at least in part to the increased number of female police officers. Apparently, this results in prosecution of female sexual predators for their crimes without the police being labelled misogynistic.
From the Health Canada report of
1996
The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens
The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens
As recently as 10 years ago, it was a common assumption that females did not or could not sexually abuse children or youth. Even some professionals working in the field believed that women represented only about 1% to 3% of sexual abusers at most. However, mounting research evidence about sexual abuse perpetration at the hands of teen and adult females has begun to challenge our assumptions, though these earlier and dated views still tend to predominate.
The percentage of women and teenage girl perpetrators recorded in case report studies is small and ranges from 3% to 10% (Kendall-Tackett and Simon, 1987; McCarty, 1986; Schultz and Jones, 1983; Wasserman and Kappel, 1985). When the victim is male, female perpetrators account for 1 % to 24% of abusers. When the victim is female, female perpetrators account for 6% to 17% of abusers (American Humane Association, 1981; Finkelhor and Russell, 1984; Finkelhor et al., 1990). In the Ontario Incidence Study, 10% of sexual abuse investigations involved female perpetrators (Trocme, 1994). However, in six studies reviewed by Russell and Finkelhor, female perpetrators accounted for 25% or more of abusers. Ramsay-Klawsnik (1990) found that adult females were abusers of males 37% of the time and female adolescents 19% of the time. Both of these rates are higher than the same study reported for adult and teen male abusers.
Dynamics of Female-Perpetrated Abuse
Some research has reported that female perpetrators commit fewer and less intrusive acts of sexual abuse compared to males. While male perpetrators are more likely to engage in anal intercourse and to have the victim engage in oral-genital contact, females tend to use more foreign objects as part of the abusive act (Kaufman et al., 1995). This study also reported that differences were not found in the- frequency of vaginal intercourse, fondling by the victim or abuser, genital body contact without penetration or oral contact by the abuser.
Females may be more likely to use verbal coercion than physical force. The most commonly reported types of abuse by female perpetrators include vaginal intercourse, oral sex, fondling and group sex (Faller, 1987; Hunter et al., 1993). However, women also engage in mutual masturbation, oral, anal and genital sex acts, show children pornography and play sex games (Johnson, 1989; Knopp and Lackey, 1987). The research suggests that, overall, female and male perpetrators commit many of the same acts and follow many of the same patterns of abuse against their victims. They also do not tend to differ significantly in terms of their relationship to the victim (most are relatives) or the location of the abuse (Allen, 1990; Kaufman et al., 1995).
It is interesting to note in the study by Kaufman et al. (1995) that 8% of the female perpetrators were teachers and 23% were babysitters, compared to male perpetrators who were 0% and 8% respectively. Finkelhor et al. (1988) also report significantly higher rates of sexual abuse of children by females in day-care settings. Of course, Finkelhor's findings should not surprise us given that women represent the majority of day-care employees.
Research on teen and adult female sexual abuse perpetrators has found that many suffer from low self-esteem, antisocial behaviour, poor social and anger management skills, fear of rejection, passivity, promiscuity, mental health problems, post-traumatic stress disorder and mood disorders (Hunter et al., 1993; Mathews, Matthews and Speltz, 1989). However, as in the case of male perpetrators, research does not substantiate that highly emotionally disturbed or psychotic individuals predominate among the larger population of female sexual abusers (Faller, 1987).
There is some evidence that females are more likely to be involved with co-abusers, typically a male, though studies report a range from 25% to 77% (Faller, 1987; Kaufman et al., 1995; McCarty, 1986). However, Mayer (1992), in a review of data on 17 adolescent female sex offenders, found that only 2 were involved with male co-perpetrators. She also found that the young women in this study knew their victims and that none experienced legal consequences for their actions.
Self-report studies provide a very different view of sexual abuse perpetration and substantially increase the number of female perpetrators. In a retrospective study of male victims, 60% reported being abused by females (Johnson and Shrier, 1987). The same rate was found in a sample of college students (Fritz et al., l 981). In other studies of male university and college students, rates of female perpetration were found at levels as high as 72% to 82% (Fromuth and Burkhart, 1987, 1989; Seidner and Calhoun, 1984). Bell et al. (1981) found that 27% of males were abused by females. In some of these types of studies, females represent as much as 50% of sexual abusers (Risin and Koss, 1987). Knopp and Lackey (1987) found that 51% of victims of female sexual abusers were male. It is evident that case report and self-report studies yield very different types of data about prevalence. These extraordinary differences tell us we need to start questioning all of our assumptions about perpetrators and victims of child maltreatment.
Finally, there is an alarmingly high rate of sexual abuse by females in the backgrounds of rapists, sex offenders and sexually aggressive men - 59% (Petrovich and Templer, 1984), 66% (Groth, 1979) and 80% (Briere and Smiljanich, 1993). A strong case for the need to identify female perpetrators can be found in Table 4, which presents the findings from a study of adolescent sex offenders by O'Brien (1989). Male adolescent sex offenders abused by "females only" chose female victims almost exclusively.
Table 4
Victim Gender Based on Who Previously Abused the Perpetrator
| Gender of Perpetrators' Own Victimizer | Gender of Victim Male or Both | Female Only |
| Male only | 67.5% | 32.5% |
| Female only | 6.7% | 93.3% |
Table 5
Gender of Abusers of Male Victims in Treatment Groups
N %
| Gender of Abusers | N | % |
| Intrafamilial Abuse (N=54)Male perpetrated |
54 | 100.0 |
| Female perpetrated | 39 | 72.2 |
| Extrafamilial Abuse (N=55)Male adult |
50 | 90.9 |
| Female adult | 30 | 54.5 |
| Male adolescent | 39 | 70.9 |
| Female adolescent | 24 | 43.6 |
Video Documentary - Female Sexual Predators -
Sexual Assault of Males
When girls do it: an examination of female sexual predators
The Canadian Children's Rights Council recommends this video documentary to all law makers, police, child protection workers, educators, school teachers and organizations concerned about recognizing female sexual predators.This documentary originally aired on CTV in August, 2001
Reporter comments about a female sexual predator:
"In September 1997, she was making her first court
appearance and I remember the first time I saw her I was immediately flabbergasted
because she looked so innocent. She was so slight, small in her build, and so
young, and I thought, 'she can't be a sex offender, it's impossible.'"
- Reporter Cheryl Jahn, speaking about convicted sexual offender Crystal
Henricks
From the website of "When Girls Do It" ( website deleted Oct. /04)
"When Girls Do It" is a 45-minute video examining the
motivations of female sexual predators, the destructive effects of their actions
on their victims, and the reluctance of victims to come forward.
"When Girls Do It" features compelling testimony and
powerful interviews with survivors of abuse by female sexual offenders, therapists,
and psychologists. The documentary delves into related issues including the
long-held misconception that sexual abuse of children is exclusively a male
crime.
Vancouver filmmaker Glynis Whiting produced, a hard-hitting investigation
of one of the most under-reported crimes in North America. When Girls
Do It: The Story of Female Sexual Predators is a provocative and passionate
look at the motivations of women who abuse and the devastating effects of their
crime on their victims."We're always shocked to hear stories of sexual abuse, but it seems all the more disturbing when the abusers are women," said Whiting, who wrote and directed the groundbreaking documentary.
Maureen Prentice, who produced When Girls Do It with Whiting, added, "There is a long-held perception in society of women as nurturing mother figures. Victims of female sexual abuse are often reluctant to come forward because they fear not being believed."
The most common offenders are relatives, with mothers topping the list. But it could be anyone baby-sitters, neighbours or teachers.
Crystal Henricks, a 19-year-old woman convicted of drugging and molesting children, serves as a case study. The one-hour documentary also includes interviews with a female sexual offender, victims who have survived female sexual abuse, and international experts who provide insight and debate into the crime.
Filmed on location in Prince George, Vancouver, Vancouver Island and Dallas, When Girls Do It explores the human reality behind female sexual abuse. It underscores the urgent need for victims to feel secure in identifying female sexual predators in order to prevent countless other children from becoming victims.
Ordering information - This documentary is no longer being sold new when we checked in May 2014.
Female Sexual Offenders / Predators in the News
A Special Report: Raped by His Mother - A Victim Comes Forward
Teacher gets six months
The Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall, ON, By DAVID NESSETH, October 30, 2008
Former Ingleside teacher Jennifer Dorland was sentenced to six months
in jail Tuesday for a sexual relationship with a male student in 2004.
Dorland is in her early 40s; the boy - whose identity is protected by a publication ban - was 13 at the time of the incident at Dorland's Ingleside home.
Dorland, who is now known as Jennifer Toews, was found guilty of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching on Dec. 20, 2007. More..
FEMALE TEACHER SEX CRIMES
Hundreds of Female Teacher Sex Crimes - Offenders - Sex Crimes by Country
The Canadian Children's Rights Council has a project underway to compare laws of a few countries to those of Canada and the penalties associated with those sex crimes committed against children.
Female Teacher's licence revoked following sex convictions
Ottawa Citizen, Andrew Seymour, Wednesday, May 28, 2008A Cornwall-area female teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student has had her teacher's licence revoked.
The Ontario College of Teachers withdrew the teaching licence of Jennifer Dorland, 42, earlier this month after finding her guilty of eight counts of professional misconduct under the Ontario College of Teachers Act.
Ms. Dorland, who now goes by the name Jennifer Toews, pleaded no contest to the accusations. She did not attend the May 6 hearing or have a lawyer make arguments on her behalf.
In their decision, the three-member disciplinary panel found that Ms. Dorland's actions "betrayed the trust of students, parents and the public." More..
Babysitter jailed for sexually assaulting boy
Woman, 40, handed 2 1/2 years for multiple sexual encounters
CanadianCRC Editor: Notice the discriminatory wording
if the sexual offender is female and the child that was sexually assaulted is male. The
use of the words "affair", "relationship", "sexual encounter",
"sexual tryst". Notice
that she didn't get jail time. The female judge agreed that the offender should
get 2 1/2 years in jail and then gave her time "in the community", effectively
no sentence. The female sexual predator also blamed her actions on her ex-husband
and the boy victim, a common pattern these days in which female perpetrators
of domestic violence are told they are always the victim.
For months Pamela Ruth Collins bonded with the 12-year-old boy she was hired to babysit.
But that’s not all the former Halifax woman was doing.
Ms. Collins, 40, was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison for seducing the now 15-year-old Halifax boy into having sex with her on dozens of occasions between July 1, 2004, and May 20, 2005. More..
Quebec woman gets 15 months for having sex with boy when he was 13
Canadian Press, various newspapers and media across Canada, Thursday, March 29, 2007QUEBEC (CP) - A Quebec woman who had sex with a 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.
The relationship between Julie Dorval, 31, and the boy began after the youth made advances over the Internet. Within about three months they had sex on several occasions. Youth protection services were called after Dorval and the teenager were seen walking hand-in-hand and hugging each other. Dorval pleaded guilty last April to sexual assault.
Prosecutors had been seeking a sentence of at least two years in a federal penitentiary, while the defence suggested a conditional sentence of nine to 12 months.
© The Canadian Press 2007
CanadianCRC editor's note: Notice how in cases
in which the adult sexual predator is a female, the articles use words such
as above "having sex" or below "having an affair" and not sexual assault. If this had been a 31
year old male who sexually assaulted a 13 year old female, the sentence is
typically more. In addition, sentencing a male perpetrator to at least 2
years in prison would put the prisoner in federal penitentary.
Convicted female sex offender:
Claire Lyte on her way into court.
Claire Lyte on her way into court.
'How I found my 13-year-old daughter having sex with her lesbian tennis coach'
Daily Mail, Liverpool, UK, By JAMES TOZER - 3rd October 2007The mother of a young tennis star yesterday described the moment she allegedly found the 13-year-old and her female coach naked in bed together.
The woman said she screamed "You are nothing but a paedophile!" at 29-year-old Claire Lyte after stumbling across the pair performing sex acts on each other.
However, she told a court she did not report the incident to police because Lyte's father begged her not to ruin her coaching career and insisted it would not happen again. More..
"Wicked" lesbian tennis coach jailed for nearly three years over affair with 13-year-old pupil
Daily Mail, Liverpool, UK,By LIZ HULL, 2nd November 2007A tennis coach who molested a 13-year-old girl pupil was condemned as "wicked" yesterday as she was jailed for almost three years.
Claire Lyte, 29, was entrusted with helping to develop the next generation of young stars, but instead took advantage of the infatuated teenager.
Her breach of trust was exposed when the girl's mother discovered them naked in bed together, but such was the hold Lyte had on the youngster that the abuse continued for months afterwards.
Yesterday, a judge told the former Wimbledon player that she corrupted and manipulated the youngster for her own "selfish sexual ends". More..
Not Only Men Are Molesters
There is just one female violent sexual predator locked up in the state, but experts say rape and child abuse by women is vastly underreported.The Los Angeles Times, By MAURA DOLAN, Times Staff Writer, August 16, 2002
There are 351 men in California locked up in a state mental hospital as sexually violent predators, prone to attack again and again.
Then there is Charlotte Mae Thrailkill.
The 43-year-old mother of two is California's only female violent sex offender, confined to a maximum-security state mental hospital after experts decided she was too dangerous for release.
Only a handful of women, including Thrailkill, have ever been confined to mental institutions under state laws that allow for civil commitments of sex criminals after they have served their prison terms.
Charlotte Mae Thrailkill (Department of Corrections)
"It happens a lot more than gets reported, and I think part of that is due to our culture," said Steven B. Blum, a consulting psychologist to a sex offender program in Nebraska. "There are a lot of women who have sexual contact with teenage boys, and they don't get reported."
Paul Federoff, a forensic psychiatrist in Ottawa, Canada, said one of the female sex offenders he counsels is an exhibitionist. She opens her living room curtains and strips off her clothes when people pass by.
He told her that unless she stopped this illegal activity, she would be arrested.
" 'Doctor, if someone calls up and says he saw me disrobing in the window, who do you think they are going to arrest? Me or him?' " Federoff said she replied.
"And she is absolutely right." More..
Tracy woman faces charges of kidnapping, raping and killing girl, 8
The Los Angeles Times, By Alexandra Zavis, April 15, 2009
Melissa Huckaby, 28, cries during her arraignment in which she's charged with murder with the special circumstances of kidnapping, rape with a foreign object and lewd or lascivious conduct with a child.
With distraught members of the suspect's and victim's families present, a judge continues Melissa Huckaby's arraignment to April 24. She is being held in the death a neighbor girl, Sandra Cantu. More..
Female Flasher begs to be free
Second time she's been convicted
The Winnipeg Sun, SUN MEDIA, by DEAN PRITCHARD, May 29, 2008A 21-year-old woman convicted for the second time of exposing herself in front of school children begged to be released from jail yesterday, claiming she has learned her lesson.
"I promise I won't do it again, I mean it this time," said the woman...
Police arrested the woman May 12 after she exposed her breasts to a passing truck at the intersection of St. John's Avenue and Charles Street, in plain view of a nine-year-old boy a short distance away.
"I didn't mean to do that in front of the kid, I didn't see him," the woman said.
Court heard the woman "frequently acts impulsively" and lives on her own with the support of around-the-clock social workers.
At the time of her arrest, the woman was bound by a strict probation order in connection with a similar incident two months earlier.
The woman was standing across the street from an elementary school at 8:30 a.m. when she exposed her breasts to three passing school buses and dozens of children walking on the sidewalk, community prosecutor Susan Helenchilde told court. More..
No jail time for Lafave
The former middle school teacher pleaded guilty to the charges in Hillsborough and Marion counties. She will serve three years of community control.Ste. Petersburg Times, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A., By CANDACE RONDEAUX, November 22, 2005 More..
Female sexual abusers not as rare as widely believed
The Edmonton Journal, By Sarah Sacheli, Canwest News Service, January 29, 2010WINDSOR, Ont. -- She gave him life and was the only parent he ever knew. In the way she snapped photos of him sleeping and playing happily, she was like any other adoring mother. But she also committed unspeakable acts to his little body, turning him into a human sex toy in her pornographic broadcasts.
The set of facts involving the Windsor-area mother who sexually abused her two-year-old son horrified both those involved in the case and those who’d only heard about it.
“Society expects the mother of a toddler would do everything in her power to make sure her child is protected from harm,” said the judge who on Friday handed the 24-year-old woman a 3 1/2-year prison sentence.
He called her crimes “appalling” and “abhorrent.”
While female sexual abusers are rare in the court system, those who deal with child sexual abuse know the woman is not unique. She may be the first Ontario woman to be jailed for making child pornography featuring her own offspring, but she’s not the first mother to sexually abuse a child.
A national study released in 2005 shows that biological mothers were the perpetrators of sexual abuse in 5% of the substantiated cases investigated by child welfare authorities.
The instance is probably higher, since researchers are certain that many cases of child sexual abuse never come to light. “A lot of people have difficulty believing women are capable of sexually abusing children,” said social worker Angela Hovey, whose doctoral thesis deals with a topic related to this theme. More..
Plea Deal in Teacher-Student Sex Case Garnering National Attention
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, January 5, 2007
A
Tooele prosecutor is defending his decision to make a plea deal for a substitute
teacher accused of having sex with a student. It's an issue that's getting national
attention.Sean Hannity: "Another teacher accused of sex with a student."
In September, a judge ordered the substitute teacher, 29-year-old Cameo Patch, to serve three years of probation, pay a two-thousand dollars fine, undergo psychosexual evaluation and take part in treatment. More..
Newspaper claims confirmation of Homolka baby
National Post, Friday, February 09, 2007The Toronto Sun is claiming it has confirmation that released sex killer Karla Homolka has given birth to a baby boy.
Citing an anonymous letter sent to the Journal de Montreal, which Ms. Homolka was first admitted to St. Mary's Hospital with contractions last Tuesday, well before the rumour mill about her possible baby kicked off.
The Sun story claims under the name Leanne Teale, Homolka gave birth to a 7-pound baby boy Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal. More..
Woman who cut off her newborn son's private parts handed 5-year prison term
Mainichi Daily News, Sakai, Osaka, Japan, November 26, 2006SAKAI, Osaka -- A woman accused of cutting off her newborn son's private parts in 2004 was ordered Monday to spend five years behind bars.
The Sakai branch of the Osaka District Court convicted Shizue Tamura, 27, a resident of Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, of inflicting bodily injury.
"The way she committed the crime was unprecedented, inhumane and cruel," Presiding Judge Masahiro Hosoi said as he handed down the ruling. Prosecutors had demanded an eight-year prison term. More ..
Female Sex Offenders: Double Standard?
Many Say They Don't Get Treated As Harshly As MenCBS, HAMMONTON, N.J., USA, June 15, 2006
Are all sex offenders treated the same? Does the public take the cases as seriously when the offender or alleged offender is a woman? Many people are asking those questions after several highly-publicized scandals involving female teachers and male students.
As Susan Koeppen observed on The Early Show Thursday, the majority of sex offenders are men, but it's the women who get a lot of the attention.
When a beautiful teacher seduces a student, some people think, "What's the harm?"
But Koeppen spoke with one student who says his "affair" with a teacher left him devastated.
"I'm still trying to battle back," Jason Eickmeyer told Koeppen. "This happened in 2003, and it's 2006, and I still can't get it out of my mind." More ..
A History of Sex With Students, Unchallenged
New York Times, U.S.A., By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, October 10, 2006BAYONNE, N.J. Many in this gray, insular city are at a loss to explain why Diane Cherchio West was allowed to continue working in the public school system for two decades after she was caught in 1980 kissing and groping a 13-year-old student at an eighth-grade dance.
Why, after her promotion to guidance counselor at Bayonne High School, no one alerted social services, school officials or the police when she became pregnant by an 11th grader she supervised, Steven West, and married him upon his graduation in 1985.
Or why, when that baby, Steven Jr., grew to be a teenager, no one balked as his 15-year-old friend moved in with Ms. West, who then seduced the friend with Scooby-Doo boxer shorts and evening jaunts to sports bars and used her school authority to rearrange his classes around their secret trysts.
It was not until 2001, when relatives of the boy, Christopher Castlegrande, filed a complaint with the police of statutory rape against Ms. West, that she left her $74,000-a-year job and lost her unfettered access to Bayonne High Schools students. More ..
Female Teacher charged with sexual assault
Media Release - Peel Regional Police ServicesMISSISSAUGA, ON, Investigators with the Special Victims Unit have arrested and charged a 36 year-old Mississauga teacher in relation to alleged inappropriate conduct and contact with a student.
It is alleged that the 17 year-old victim, who is a Mississauga resident, was taught by the accused at Streetsville Secondary School. During October of 2006, it was discovered the accused had corresponded on-line with the victim, with e-mails containing sexually explicit content.
It is also alleged that during October 2006, the victim and the accused met in Mississauga, and at that time a sexual assault occurred. More ..
Woman who lied about rape gets prison
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Thursday, October 12, 2006COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A woman who lied about getting pregnant through date rape and abandoned her newborn in a trash bin was sentenced to prison for the statutory rape of the baby's father, her 12-year-old cousin.
Twyana Davis, 30, claimed in 1995 that she had been raped at a party, and told her story in a book and on television.
Davis was sentenced Tuesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to 10 to 25 years in prison. She had confessed to having a sexual relationship with the cousin, leading to her pregnancy.
Judge Michael J. Holbrook labelled her a sexual predator and fined her $10,000. More ..
Female Sex Offenders: Double Standard?
Many Say They Don't Get Treated As Harshly As Men
CBS NEWS USA, The Early Show, HAMMONTON, N.J., June 15, 2006(CBS) Are all sex offenders treated the same? Does the public take the cases as seriously when the offender or alleged offender is a woman? Many people are asking those questions after several highly-publicized scandals involving female teachers and male students.
As Susan Koeppen observed on The Early Show Thursday, the majority of sex offenders are men, but it's the women who get a lot of the attention.
When a beautiful teacher seduces a student , some people think, "What's the harm?"
But Koeppen spoke with one student who says his "affair" with a teacher left him devastated. More..
North Country Gazette
Woman Seeking Child Support Jailed On Rape Charge
North Country Gazette, New York, U.S.A., October 5, 2006WARRENSBURG, NY, U.S.A. --A woman who went to Warren County Family Court in an effort to make the father of her child pay child support is in jail, charged with second degree rape and faces up to seven years in prison.
Kimberly A. Baker, 22, of Evergreen Lane, was criminally charged with statutory rape after it was learned that father of her 2-year-old child was only 13 years old when he had sex with her. The child was born on June 14, 2004. More ..
Teacher Sentenced For Sex With Student
Woman Had Faced 66 Months In PrisonNBC Sandiego, U.S.A., September 26, 2006
Danielle Walls, rapist
On Tuesday, Walls was sentenced to one year in jail and will also be on probation for five years. Walls had faced up to five years and six months in prison. She could have been sentenced to as much as 16 years in prison if she had been convicted of all the original charges. More ..
Husband Cooker Loses Appeal
Karen Knight stabbed her common-law husband, 44-year-old Mr Price, 37 times with a butcher's knife before skinning him and hanging his hide from a meat hook in their lounge room on February 29, 2000.She then decapitated him and put his head in a pot on the stove, baked flesh from his buttocks and cooked vegetables and gravy as side dishes to serve to Mr Price's children. More..
Mother pleads guilty to molesting son for 'master'
Ottawa Sun, By TONY BLAIS, May 2 , 2006EDMONTON -- A 38-year-old Edmonton woman admitted yesterday she sent sexual pictures of herself and her young son to her Ottawa "master" in an online chat room specializing in bondage.
The woman, who has cerebral palsy and uses a motorized wheelchair, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual interference with a person under 14 and one count of transmitting child pornography. More ..
More women charged in sex cases
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, November 30, 2005In courtrooms nationwide this month, at least seven women four of them teachers have been charged or sentenced for having sex with boys, mostly teenagers. One of the women is pregnant.
Tuesday in Georgia, Lisa Lynette Clark, 37, was indicted in the molestation of her son's 15-year-old friend, who she says is the father of the baby she's expecting. She was arrested one day after marrying the boy.
No definitive data exists on whether more females are sexually abusing children. Yet the number arrested for sex crimes has risen in five of the past six years as more people consider molestation of boys as heinous as that of girls.
"There's been a decline in the double standard. That's why you're seeing more of these cases," says David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. As more women enter law enforcement, he says the old attitude that boys are willing, even lucky, participants has changed. More ..
Female Teacher Re-Arrested in Alleged Sex Assault Case
ABC News - KVIA-TV, TX, U.S.A. October 5, 2005EL PASO, TX. [U.S.A.] - An El Paso school teacher faces another criminal complaint in New Mexico, which means she's now been charged six times. ABC-7 has learned that Las Cruces Police have again arrested 52-year-old Donna McKnight for alleged sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old boy.
Ms. McKnight was previously charged with one count of Criminal Sexual Penetration, one count of Criminal Sexual Contact, and two other related charges in Dona Ana County. She was also charged with one count of Indecency with a Child by exposure in El Paso County. More..
EP Teacher/Husband Face More Abuse Accusations
KFOX News, TX, USA, August 29, 2005 -- by: Elizabeth O'HaraAn El Paso teacher and her husband face new allegations of sexual abuse, this time allegedly involving their children
Las Cruces Police arrested 53 year old Donna McKnight and her husband, Ronald, Monday morning at the Century-21 Motel off North Main Street. Police were alerted to the couple by a family member and say the two were not trying to flee but were allegedly going to see an attorney. Both are being held on $50,000 dollar cash bonds. More..
Female Teacher's Sex Trial Begins
NBC5i TV, Dallas-Fortworth, Texas, U.S.A. August 2, 2005FORT WORTH, Texas -- A 13-year-old boy took the witness stand in the Tarrant County Courthouse Tuesday to testify against a teacher at a Catholic school. The boy told jurors that he and the teacher had a sexual relationship , and that she promised the boy she would leave her husband so she and the boy could get married when he turned 18.
The allegations of sexual contact included episodes of bondage, during which 30-year-old Dawn Reiser is accused of tying up the boy to engage in repeated sexual encounters. The prosecution produced scarves allegedly used by Reiser to bind the boy.
The jury also saw love letters allegedly sent by Reiser to the boy. A DNA expert testified about saliva that sealed the envelopes. More ..
Judge Delivers Sentence In Teacher's Sex Trial
Dawn Reiser To Serve 8-Year Prison SentenceNBC5i TV, Dallas-Forthworth, Texas, U.S.A., August 3, 2005
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Fort Worth judge Thursday sentenced a Grapevine teacher for having sex with her 13-year-old student.
Judge Wayne Salvent followed the jury's recommendation and sentenced former seventh-grade teacher Dawn Reiser, 30, to as many as eight years in prison and at least two years of probation.
NBC 5 reported that Reiser was sentenced to 10 years of probation to be served concurrently with her prison term. If she serves the full eight years, she would serve two years of probation. More ..
Is Johnny sleeping with his teacher?
Edmonton Sun, By MINDELLE JACOBS, February 2, 2006Once upon a time, if parents found out their teenage sons were having sex, the most they had to worry about was if the kids were using birth control.
These days, there's another worry: Is little Johnny sleeping with his teacher?
When I was in high school three decades ago, I don't recall reading about a single instance anywhere of a female teacher becoming sexually involved with a male student.
In the past few years, however, the reported incidence of female educators engaging in sexual hijinks with male students has been, if not routine, certainly far from a rarity.
The latest case to hit the press is that of a 40-year-old Ontario teacher charged last week with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old male student. More ..
8-Year-Old Boy Charged For Sexual Conduct With 14-Year-old Female Sitter After She Initiates Sexual Misconduct
KUTV, CBS Broadcasting, Salt Lake City, U.S.A., July 28, 2005(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. - A mother is upset after a 14-year-old babysitter engaged in sexual conduct with her eight-year-old boy, and the eight-year-old was charged with lewd conduct.
Prosecutors have since dropped the charges against the boy, but his mother is still concerned.
The sexual conduct occurred during a game of "truth or dare" while the boy was being watched by the babysitter.
Prosecutors say that, while the babysitter initiated the contact, the young boy was a willing participant. More ..
Abuse cases face double standard
USA TODAY, By Charisse Jones, U.S.A. national newspaper, February 11, 2005When a female teacher in Tennessee was charged this week with having sex with a 13-year-old male student, the case focused attention on a type of sexual abuse that often goes unreported.
While there is a greater awareness of such crimes, the Tennessee prosecutor pursuing the recent case, along with several psychologists, say such incidents are still viewed less seriously than those involving grown men and girls.
"Unfortunately, they look at it as the 'Mrs. Robinson syndrome' and think everything is OK," says Dale Potter, district attorney for Warren and Van Buren counties in Tennessee. He was referring to the woman in the 1967 film The Graduate who seduces a younger man.
"But it's my understanding there are some long-term effects for male victims in this kind of situation," he says. "And from my perspective, a sex-abuse case is a sex-abuse case. We don't look the other way as to who the victim is and who the suspect is."
Pamela Turner, 27, an elementary school teacher in McMinnville, Tenn., was charged Monday with having sex with a student at his home and at school. More ..
Female teacher jailed over affair
Thursday, May 5, 2005SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- An Australian female teacher has been jailed for six months for having sex with a teenage student, with a warning from the judge that future offenders could not expect such "lenient" treatment.
Karen Louise Ellis, a 37-year-old physical education teacher, had earlier received a suspended sentence of 22 months after she pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual penetration with a boy aged under 16.
But the Supreme Court of Victoria's Court of Appeal in Melbourne upheld an appeal by prosecutors against the leniency of that sentence, saying that mother-of-three Ellis should have been sentenced to two years' jail on each of the counts. More ..
CanadianCRC editor: Notice the words
"having
sex" in the article and in the title "affair". This is
gender discrimination. You won't find articles that call it an
"affair"
when the sexual offender is a 37 year old male teacher and the
victim is a teenage girl under 16 years of age. Why did the judge
consider giving, in the judge's own words, a "lenient" sentence?
A 37 year old man would not have initially received a suspended
sentence for
6 counts of sexual penetration of girl under 16 years of age.
Mother faces 22 boy-sex charges
The Age, Australia, By Selma Milovanovic, December 4, 2004A female integration aide at a Victorian school has been charged with sexual offences against a boy in her care aged under 16.
The woman, 36, an integration aide at a government secondary school on the Mornington Peninsula, worked with the boy, who suffers from language difficulties, three days a week.
The student is not intellectually disabled.
Most of the offences are believed to have happened at the boy's home. The woman is believed to have lived with the student and his family for some time this year while going through a traumatic separation. The alleged sexual affair took place over eight months.
The teenager is believed to have recently confessed the details to his parents. More ..
KID-SEX SHOCKER
New York Post, By LEONARD GREENE and DAN MANGAN, November 8, 2004A 29-year-old Connecticut woman accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy for months says she considers the little neighbor her "boyfriend" and hopes to marry him someday, authorities said yesterday.
"I don't want anyone but you!" Tammy Imre allegedly wrote in a letter to the boy, who was a playmate of Imre's 7-year-old daughter. More ..
Media / Media Bias
Media makes light of sexual assault on 8-year-old boy
Canada Free Press, by Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor, November 12, 2004Earlier this week, a 29-year-old Connecticut woman, Tammy Imre was charged with one count each of sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. The charges stem from sexual assaults committed on an 8-year-old boy, who was a playmate of her 7-year-old daughter. Imre claimed that the little boy was her "boyfriend" whom she planned to marry some day and did not know how many times she had sexually assaulted him. On some occasions these assaults took place in front of the single mothers little girl. More ..
29 Year old female perpetrator of sexual assault on 8 year old boy claims she's the "victim"
Tammy Imre, 29, a receptionist in Stratford, Conn., was charged with repeatedly having sex with an 8-year-old boy. Imre's mother blamed the boy. Its not her . . . she was just too friendly; that's all, said the mother. He's the one who needs to be looked at.Picking Up the Pieces
Husband of Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student Stunned, ConfusedOwen Lafave (left) says he still loves his wife, Debra, a teacher, even though she allegedly had sex with one of her students.
ABC NEWS Sept. 16, 2004 The estranged husband of a 23-year-old Tampa teacher accused of having sex with her 14-year-old student says he still loves his wife even after filing for divorce last week. More ..
Acceptable Suspects? Why Female Sex Offenders Generate So Much Less Outrage Than Males
Mary Kay Letourneau with Barbara Walters during her exclusive interview with 20/20. (Virginia Sherwood/ABC Photo) By Bryan RobinsonSept. 30, 2004 Mary Kay Letourneau's plans to marry the former student she was convicted of sexually assaulting when he was just 12 years old are shocking, but have generated relatively little public outrage. More..
Mistake for Love - Former High School Teacher Regrets Affair With Her One-Time Student
Heather Ingram says she now regrets having an affair with her former student.VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 30 /04 Until Heather Ingram met Dusty Dickeson, she never considered risking her successful teaching career for the attention of a boy, even if he embodied everything she desired during her own high school days. More..
Rapist of 12 year old gets out of jail today
Notorious teacher seduced preteen studentAssociated Press, CNN, various newspapers, U.S.A., Wednesday, August 4, 2004 More..
Study finds girls molest young boys
THE PRESS, NZ, By TIM HUME, July 1, 2004 More..Focus of Catholic sexual abuse suits now includes nuns
Associated Press, various newspapers U.S.A. and some Canadian newspapers, ELLEN R. STAPLETON, Aug. 2, 2004 More..
Hurting the cradle: women seducing boys
Jamaica Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica, by Avia Collinder, Sunday Gleaner Writer, March 4, 2007Health professionals worry that the reported incidents of women raping young boys are few, the actual occurrence is believed to be higher and is causing long-term psychological damage to victims.
"In terms of the most current statistics on child abuse, this is not reflected as a large problem. But it is my sense that it is even more grossly under-reported and under-recognised than the typical child abuse scenario involving an older male perpetrator and younger female victim," says Dr. Judith Leiba, head of the Child Guidance Clinic at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston. "We have seen a few examples where the helper was involved, and in another situation, it was an older female cousin. Usually these boys were in the age group of five to eight years old," Dr. Leiba reports. More..
Female Teacher Charged With Sex Assault on Seventh-Grade Boy
Associated Press, Fox News, various newspapers in U.S.A. and Canada, Tuesday, February 25, 2003MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A 35-year-old seventh-grade teacher was charged with having sex with one of her students at least 20 times at the teacher's home.
Jodi Thorp, 35, surrendered to authorities Monday on charges of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors claim she had sex with the boy at her Mendham home between June 2001 and September 2002. The boy is now 15.
The boy, whose name was withheld, had been in Thorp's seventh-grade social studies class and was one of the first participants in a nonprofit business Thorp ran called HUGS, Helping Underprivileged and Gifted Students, prosecutors said. More..
Judge upholds teacher's sex indictment
Details of Mendham Township woman's behavior toward boy, 14, called relevantBy Peggy Wright, The Daily Record, Morristown NJ, U.S.A. June 25, 2004 More..
Teen killer and sexual mutilator, Karla Homolka, gets out of jail July 5th, 2005, 1 year from today
The Globe and Mail.. she badly, badly wants to be a mother. More ..
PORN VICTIM
Kids of abusive 'monster' got life sentence
Toronto Sun, By HIMANI EDIRIWEERA, March 9, 2003He's a man in pain, chased by the ghosts of his past. His greatest fear as a child wasn't the monsters in his closet; his greatest fear was the monster he called "mom." More..
ABUSING THEIR TRUST.
What Drives Women Like Convicted Paedophile Carolyn Bromily to Hurt the Children They are Supposed to be Caring For?
The Manchester Evening News ( UK ) Page 10. Friday, January 28, 2000The discovery over the last decade that child abuse was endemic in care homes across England and Wales was a body blow to society. The idea that vulnerable youngsters were taken from perceived danger only to be placed in the hands of evil paedophiles was deeply shocking.
Several men are currently serving significant jail sentences and long- term police inquiries are continuing in Greater Manchester and across the country
The latest appalling case to come to light was that of a care worker who abused boys as young as 12 for 15 sordid years at a residential school in Cheshire. But this was more startling than any of its predecessors, for in this case the predatory paedophiles was a woman.
Carolyn Bromiley, 36, from Warrington, had sexual intercourse with boys from 1984 until her arrest last year. More ..
The Manchester Evening News
Pervert Woman Carer who Preyed on Boys is Jailed
The Manchester Evening News ( UK ) Page 4, Friday January 28th. 2000, BY ANDREW NOTTA WOMAN preyed on little boys for sex for 15 years while working as a house mother in a care home for troubled youngsters.
Today Carolyn Bromiley was starting a five-year jail term for what the judge said was "the worst case of a woman abusing children in her care any court in the land has had to face."
The serial paedophiles groomed boys between the ages of 12 and 14 before involving them in intercourse and other sexual activity.
Warrington Crown Court heard she had a warped perception of the boys and referred to her abuse as "relationships." The 37-year-old mother-of-one believed her virgin victims desired her sexually and after sex she would tell some of them that she loved them. More ..
When Ms. Teacher Goes After Male Pupil
FOX News, U.S.A., By Catherine Donaldson-Evans, February 12, 2005Female teachers accused of sex crimes against underage male students have been grabbing headlines lately. Many of them are young and beautiful, their stories sordid and intriguing.
But to law enforcement, they're something else criminals who have committed statutory rape against a minor.
This week alone, two cases have hit the news: Cops say one Texas teacher, Kathy Denise White had sex with a 17-year-old, and Tennessee teacher Pamela Rogers Turner had sex with a 13-year-old boy.
They join at least three other recent cases: Florida teacher Debra LaFave (search), 24, is expected to plead insanity to charges she had sex with a 14-year-old student , according to her lawyer; California teacher Sarah Bench-Salorio, 28, allegedly molested two boys when they were 12 and 14; and 33-year-old California teacher Rebecca Boicelli was arrested last month on statutory rape and related charges after DNA tests confirmed that a former student fathered her 2-year-old baby when he was 16. More ..
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