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First of all, the topic is CSAM, so images videos and the like, not general abuse. I imagine CSAM production is substantially more rare since abuse is a precondition.

Secondly, I don’t believe those statistics at all. You’re telling me 11% of girls have been sexually abused? That’s preposterous. There’s gotta be some selection bias or misreporting.

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I edited the post to add images and videos statistics — it's frighteningly common.

The numbers are correct and it's shocking and heart-wrenching; here's a linked study [1], but there are many.

I went to college in Boston, where the Boston Globe broke a scandal that around 150 Catholic priests in Boston were accused of sexual abuse, with more than 500 victims [2] [3].

It was immensely tough to grasp and accept that in a small city like Boston, that many priests were sexually abusing children.

[1] http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/9248.pdf [2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/21/boston-globe-a... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Boston...

Abuse and assault are distressingly common and underreported. The numbers I'd heard from an acquaintance who does counseling were higher.

None of the stories I've heard about would remotely have been helped by this tech.

Thanks for the downvotes. That will surely change my mind rather than polarizing me even further against these abuse claims.

You might try actually talking honestly with some women about this some time.

Every woman I know has a story to tell. Nearly all of them would make you weep.

We could do so much better, but then people like yourself just straight up don’t believe it.

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