Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by rootusrootus 7 days ago
> On the CSA side, you rarely hear about arrests (they happen but less than CSAM).

Because it is nearly always someone we know. Someone who we just cannot imagine would ever do such a thing, even when the evidence is glaringly obvious. And I suspect that the fraction of the population diddling kids in real life is breathtaking, and nobody really wants to face that head on. Too uncomfortable.

I could just be overly cynical today. But given my own experiences and other people I've known throughout my life, I really believe it is very common.

1 comments

I thought it had never happened around me in my whole life, but my sister recently told me that when she just in primary school, a friend of my dad gave her a lift and while she was in the car, inserted his fingers on her. Like WTF! I really had no idea this could have happened in my environment. I guess it probably happened more than I know to others too uncomfortable to say anything, took my sister 30 years to say something.
I've talked to so many women about their sexual abuse that it seems harder to find someone that has not been abused. What's worse is how many people are involved in covering it up, keeping it hidden, and ensuring the perpetrators are never caught.