Victimized kids victimize other kids. Usually younger ones, and usually relatives. A lot. They don't all do it, of course, but many do. It's... all pretty disturbing.
Yeah, the overall 57 % figure is the total out of four possible harms targeting persons up to the age of 18.
Because sending nudes to a nine year old is probably closer to what was meant with a paedophile, the following stats is probably a better starting point for putting a tighter upper limit:
> Of the female respondents who received [sexually explicit] content from someone they did not know, 11% were under the age of nine and 21% were under the age of 12.
No, because (a) the term "pedophile" properly applies to young children, to whom any sexual attraction is rightfully disturbing, not minor-age teenagers for whom sexual attraction is completely normal, but sexual contact is illegal due to reasons of power dynamics and consent ability, and (b) the stat does not distinguish adult perpetrators from child perpetrators.
It's a pandora's box of horror, if you dare to begin research it. We all need to though, otherwise it won't stop.
Here's an Australian Senator talking about a list of top level government people & politicians that are on a list that so far no one has investigated. (The list was sealed from publication by a Prime Minister for 90 years)
https://youtu.be/t_FsQCxfb7k
I've seen videos of people laughing at the camera after having just killed a child while being raped. The man was a white American. This is happening in every country.
You'd think pedophiles would probably find more than one victim during the course of their "career". Like even if they just go after one victim a year, that adds up.
1. One pedophile may victimize many children.
2. There's a spectrum of victimization; that wording would seem to include things like being pressured to send nudes.