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I'd be a lot more worried about the lack of sex education. That's often when a child first realizes they are being sexually abused.

• everybodyknows 3y ago
  That makes sense! Has implications for the age at which some, limited, sex ed should be introduced. Wondering why I haven't seen this consideration raised before, in mainstream press. Nor read of any specific cases of abuse being exposed that way. Would be interested in references.
  • jquery 3y ago
    Here's some references I dug up. I've also read anecdotal reports about little girls and boys as young as 5 pointing at a sex education book (one that was banned in Florida) saying "my dad does this to me", here's one I was able to find: https://bookriot.com/sex-ed-books-protect-kids/ https://bookriot.com/sex-ed-books-protect-kids/ (ctrl-f This is me) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/apr/16/sexual-abuse-education-helps-children-report-offenders https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/apr/16/sexual-abu... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283686/ https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/review/sexual-education-violence-prevention https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/review/sexual-educa... Even China started pushing comprehensive sex education nationwide due to high rates of rural child sex abuse: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406756/