What taboos are you talking about that are protecting little girls in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc? And what taboos are protecting those little boys that our servicemen in Afghanistan talk about (namely our “allies”)?
No, I don’t think kids were protected in the past more so than they are now. And we have major and significant countries (in terms of their population numbers) who promote this kind of thing we’re reading about as their “right” — in terms of their “values” that they are not going to allow anyone in the USA dictate any differently to them.
The countries you speak of are not western countries, nor are they civilized. They have never been civilized and rampant pedophilia is one big reason they are lacking in both compassion and the taboos that would protect their children.
My posts are addressing western civilization and its decline. Did I not mention that in my original post?