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Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing ban on minors attending drag shows (www.politico.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you can provide me the same level and amount of proof that children are raped by teachers and daycare providers that I can provide you that they are by religious leaders, then I'll concede.

But you and I both know that proof doesn't exist.

That first sentence was a mouthful god damn.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh man, ok let me provide what I can.

Famous study, but quite old:

https://www.academia.edu/21997616/A_Forgotten_Study_Abuse_in_School_100_Times_Worse_than_by_Priests

Another stat:

https://floridaactioncommittee.org/likely-sexually-abuse-child-sex-offender-teacher/

4.5 million students currently in grades K-12 have suffered some form of sexual abuse by an educator, and more than 3 million have experienced sexual touching or assault.”

I also edited in an argument about most abuse being committed by family members after you replied, so just in case you see that let me add this:

https://www.childprotect.org/facts-about-child-abuse.html#:~:text=%EF%BB%BFFacts%20about%20Child%20Abuse%3A%EF%BB%BF&text=90%25%20of%20child%20sexual%20abuse,at%2018%20months%20or%20younger.

90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way. 68% are abused by a family member.

Now before you think my goal here is to defend priests or downplay their abuse, NO, I am strongly anti-religion for myself. I just don‘t think we should ban it entirely, or any activities based on the actions of individuals. How about make people aware of these dangers and how to stop it, how to spot kids who are abused, how to get them to talk about it and let people make informed decisions on who they expose their own kids to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

"4.5 million students currently in grades K-12 have suffered some form of sexual abuse by an educator, and more than 3 million have experienced sexual touching or assault.”

And of those, which of them take place in religious boarding schools, essentially a church environment?