TW - Estimated that 750,000 men in the UK...

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Pose a sexual threat to children.

I can't see a thread on this but was anyone else astounded by the figures from Sir Mark Rowley's briefing this week? I felt sick hearing it.

Also, from The Telegraph online:
'34,000 men had sex allegations made against them in one year, while figures from the annual Crime Survey for England and Wales suggested 800,000 women annually were victims of sexual assault.'

They're just the reported ones.

Obviously more resources would help tackle handling crimes reported but how do we stop churning out men like this in society? What the fuck is wrong with them?

Our society actively teaches little boys this is acceptable and rewards it.

My then 7yo dd was forcefully pinned down and kissed against her wishes by a boy the same age. He did this to a few other girls. It was passed off as a silly phase he's going through. Boys will be boys etc. Absolutely no consequences or even embarrassment from his parent. Even the parents of the other girls thought I was ott for saying it was serious and he should not be left unsupervised with the girls till he was out of this "phase".

8yo dd says she doesn't have enough time to play at break as there is a line for the toilet. Then a boy decided he's a girl so he gets to go in first a teacher stands and stops girls entering and all the girls have to wait till he is out. one boy takes all the cubicles out of action and it's fine girls just expected to budge up and accommodate this and loose even more break time.

When I was at school lifting skirts and undoing bras was hilarious to the boys. If a girl screamed when it happened to her she was the one punished for disrupting the lesson. I remember getting in trouble for bringing in too many tampons after the boys went through my bag took the box out and filled them with fluids and threw them to stick to the walls and ceilings. No consequences for the boys at all

You see it in the sexualised clothes for little girls.

The different standards for mothers and fathers regarding the standard of parenting.

Pay gap.

Family court. I know of many proven abusive men given access to their kids. Causing trauma they take with them into adulthood. And of course we can't talk openly about what happens in family court for the good of the children.

It's in children's books and tv shows telling kids what to put up with/how to behave according to their gender.

It's just everywhere. I have been very restrictive in what my kids were exposed to and was having success then they started school...

Schooling and TV are the worst socialisation for girls, I find. Sad but true. There's only so much you can do, especially with school as other parents seem fine with pairing them up as "boyfriend and girlfriend" from nursery/reception.

I wish there was 1 quick way to stop boys becoming this way that was fairly simple. I feel so, so sad that this is the state of the world for girls today.