[StolarStorm]

"showing an upswing "

Well, the point I was trying to make is that there isn't an upswing in molestations by women, but rather an upswing in reporting them. I would expect that there are far far more that are never reported for obvious reasons. I've talked to many many fellow guys that recount 'experiences' with older women when they were far too young for it to be proper.

There is a serious problem that transends gender and assuming that men are the primary perps puts your children at risk.

[Scotswife]

“Well, the point I was trying to make is that there isn’t an upswing in molestations by women, but rather an upswing in reporting them”

I suppose that could be true. Not sure how it could be confirmed or refuted.

I’ll go out on a limb based on what I’ve seen here at Freepers in that the abuse you are referring to (the “hot teacher”) is not considered to be in the same category as the kiddyporn addict who abducts his neighbor’s 6 yr. old girl, rapes her, and leaves her dead body by the road.

So, when you are talking about the level of violence involved in particular types of crimes - the numbers change.