The Daily, Friday, July 25, 2003. Sexual offences
I sat down this morning with my coffee and started to read the morning mail; one of them told me that Stats Can had published 2002's stats on sexual assault. This I had to see.
The stats are shocking :( 61% of "REPORTED" sexual assaults were committed on children under the age of 18. Don't believe me? Here you go: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030725/d030725a.htm
When I was in University, I wrote a paper titled Disposable Children It would seem that society has not changed much. We still see Children in our society as being disposable.
The Stats Can article talks about the degree of assault, Level 1 assault is where the person is not physically injured. How can a child be assualted and not injured?
This statement reminds me of the Judge in Quebec several years ago who gave a convicted molester a reduced sentence because he had only repeatedly anally raped his daughter, thereby preserving her virginity. How about the Judge out west who gave the molester a reduced sentence, citing the fact that he was enticed into the act because the 3 year old girl was flirting with him.
I could point out numerous cases throughout North America; however, everyone of you reading this knows of a least one case where a childs life was not valued. If we, as a society didn't see children as disposible we would stop the slaughter. When was the last time you picked up a newspaper and didn't read at least one story of a child who was either raped, beaten, murdered at the hand of their parents? What about the so called designer babies?
How many of our children grow up in poverty, violence, fear, filth, darkness or abuse?
What about the Kiddie Porn trade? Do babies make this filth for each other? How many dollars are 'innocently' made off the backs of our children?
The measure of a society is how it takes care of its most vulnerable members.
Posted by Dar... at July 29, 2003 12:24 PM | TrackBackThat report is so sad but so true. It needs addressing at every level and in every mind. In each case there were probably signs that were ignored by those who COULD have helped but, instead, turned there back on the situation rather than "getting involved".
We must stand up and protect the children no mater who parented them. They are OUR children and must be protected.
Posted by: bc at August 1, 2003 11:20 PM