Warning, possibly upsetting, child sex abuse.

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I have been following the news on Barry Burnell and obviously I am pleased, as any normal person is, that he has been convicted of these awful crimes.

But it got me thinking about something. His victims were male. And I have not yet seen an article or a discussion on the internet accusing them of lying, or falsely accusing him, or jumping on the bandwagon.

Whereas when the news about eg Jimmy Saville came to light and loads of women came forward to say he had abused them when they were young teenagers, I saw an awful lot of comments online etc about how a lot of them were fantasists who wanted attention.

Is abusing boys more shocking than abusing girls? More horrific?

There was an inquiry last year. One of the bits of evidence was that Graham Taylor had apparently told a victim that if he said anything it would get in the papers and he'd be 'taunted' by opposition fans. Shameful

DaisyDrip the article you tried to share doesn't seem to load. Can you re-attach?

I noticed this too. I have been arguing for years that women & girls are not equal before the law - our testimony is not worth the same as a man's. This is getting worse as porn is reinforcing the argument that women & girls 'love' the abuse/ are hyper-sexualised harlots etc.

Also, race comes into play in terms of the Oxfam scandal and others. Researches at Georgetown Law have found the 'adultification' of black girls begins at around 5.
www.law.georgetown.edu/news/press-releases/Black-Girls-Viewed-As-Less-Innocent-Than-White-Girls-Georgetown-Law-Research-Finds.cfm

www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,mp-naz-shah-should-resign-after-sharing-tweet-telling-sex-abuse-victims-to-keep-their-mouths-shut_23593.htm Try this one.

No, that isn't either. Google Naz Shah told sex abuse victims to shut up. So sorry.

Ah yes have googled, thanks. Yes, very bad.

here you go

If you can bear to listen to the interview with Ian Ackley broadcast tonight on 5Live it's worth seeking out. He describes being called a 'nonce' etc by other boys and people around football who 'knew' what was going on. They assumed these boys were complicit. This continued even after he moved clubs. Ackley was one of 6 men who testified against Bennell in 1998.

In an earlier article Ackley talks about how Bennell only faced specimen charges in '98. He goes on to say "So there is all this stuff he’s never been prosecuted for. Yes, there was buggery. Yes, oral sex. You get him sent down, job done for the CPS. But he never had to face the full scale of what he has done."

These children were let down. And then let down again as adults.