[ChildOfThe60s]

I wonder if there really is a higher proportion of perverts now than in the past. The perception is certainly there, but how much of it is because we constantly hear such stories in the media?

I have wondered that myself. Based on changes in information and communication technologies since I was a kid in late 50s, there probably was a lot more than we knew about. But I also think it is worse now.

[SoftballMominVA]

My gut feeling is that the percentages are the same, but because we have more people in the U.S., there are more of everything. Without an instant nation-wide and world-wide media like we have now, we just didn't hear about all the bad things 30 - 40 - 50 - 60 years ago.