No matter where we have lived in the past, you have had these folks and other terrible people living next door to you. The difference is that now you know about it.
When I was growing up we would never know that a hurricane hit Puerto Rico until we read about it in the newspaper a week or more after it was over. Now we watch it in real time.
We never knew about anything until after the fact. And most times if it didn't happen within your town or state, you never even read about it.
Sexual abuse has always been there. From the times of ancient Egypt to today it has been part of our lives. Today we just know about it.
If you think back to your days of growing up, many of us were sexually abused by today's definition and standards. I remember those two older girl twins that used to walk me home from school. They taught me all kinds of things. But even now as I look back on it, it din't create any issues.
Today everybody thinks someone is bad. Pedophiles are probably the worst, but they have always been there, lived near you, but in the past you never knew. Today we are better informed.
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