I happened to see a show about child sexual abuse on Oprah recently. She made the point that most pedophiles do not forcibly rape children. Rather, they seduce them.

As a sexually abused child herself, she said it was the seduction, the feeling of being special then being betrayed, and the sexual pleasure in something so shameful that confused and injured her most.

There are so many seductions for our children. So many forms of pleasure to entice them to premature sexual feelings. No place seems safe. How do we protect them without injuring them further?

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[ April 09, 2006, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: smilinize ]