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equineluvr ago

Nuggets from the article that everyone should memorize -

"The typical child pornographer, according to the center, is single and white and male. He could be any age. He is normally well respected in his community. He often works in a position of trust, like a pastor, teacher, or coach.

His victims are seldom strangers. They are his neighbors' kids, his nieces and nephews or, often, his own children."


"The men use code words. Young boys, for instance, are referred to as "asparagus."


He found that people who view child pornography also tend to sexually abuse children.

Bourke examined 155 prison inmates who had been convicted of possessing or distributing child pornography. Of those, only 26 percent had a known history of abusing kids.

Bourke observed the group progress through months of therapy and eventually found that 131 of those men — 85 percent — acknowledged that they had molested a child.

On average, each man had more than 13 victims"