The same as with corrupt law enforcement and sexual abuse of children.
Those things didn’t blossom at all in recent years, but now there are ubiquitous cameras so denial of them is hard to maintain.
Yep.
Related:
I was amazed at all the stories about female teachers having sex with their male students and how the reverse seemed to no longer be true. I figured male teachers had just figured out that it was just too dangerous. Anyway, I did an internet search for stats, etc.
What I found was interesting. Guys still do it a lot more than girls do. It’s just that when guys do it, it’s a “dog bites man” story and when girls do it its a “man bites dog” story. That is, the former is typical behavior, but the latter is unusual, at least it used to be.
There is nothing special about boys under 20 torturing animals in one way or another. However, GIRLS doing it would be a huge story for me. That would be unusual.