Does anyone actually believe men perving over young girls will decline if girls wear shorts? I can see individual parents choosing shorts for their daughter, in the hope the predators choose the next girl instead, but if all girls then wear shorts, will we have solved the issue of pervy child abusing men, or will the men just perve over girls in shorts?
These are important points of course. I would like to think about them one at a time.
Does anyone actually believe men perving over young girls will decline if girls wear shorts?
In the situation I described in my earlier post a paedophile had been taking upskirt film of young children (the play equipment was designed for young children and not suitable for older children). Little girls aged 4 - 7 ish would be swinging from a rotating device maybe 6 feet off the ground. If they wore a skirt and knickers anyone sitting at a nearby bench or even passing by could see up their skirts.
The park keeper, a lovely man who had himself been abused as a child, was distraught that parents seemed unconcerned about their children dressing suitably for such equipment. He did not think that the little girls were Jezebels or in any way responsible for the proclivities of perverts, he simply was extremely anxious to protect children from predators. I shared his concerns.
I have no idea and do not think anyone can determine whether the pervert would perve less if he did not have access to the park, but this is, I think, missing the issue which is that we should all do our best to protect children and vulnerable adults.
If little girls are playing on a piece of exercise equipment that shows their knickers it will attract perverts just as water runs downhill. I wish this were not true but it is true and no amount of wishful positive thinking will change things and it will definitely not protect children from perverts.
I can see individual parents choosing shorts for their daughter, in the hope the predators choose the next girl instead, but if all girls then wear shorts, will we have solved the issue of pervy child abusing men, or will the men just perve over girls in shorts?
I was thinking about this and it seem to me that we could argue the same for protecting children from online predators. If parents protect one child will the predator stop perving and predating or whill he just more on to another child?
I don't know the answer but I believe that protecting children as much as possible is important and I defininelty do not belive that children's safety either in playgrounds or online should be ignored simply because if one child is protected the predator might simply more on to another. I know you don't think that either, just thinking aloud and engaging with the issues in my mind.
Surely it should be acceptible for concerned people, whother police, park keepers or just anyone to expect parents to consider child protection when dressing their children for rough / adventurous / athletic play activities?
Surely if parents are mindful of such threats it means that children are not only safer but are protected from having to be aware of such threats at a tender age when it is not appropriate for them to be aware of the detailed reality of the risks posed by paedophiles?
The only people responsible for violating children are the perverts violating them, however parents and carers of children need to be aware of safeguarding risks, simply because the wonderful world where childen can perform cartwheels naked and not be subjected to perving is a world that does not exist and we have to all deal with reality.