There may have been child bullies, but there weren’t adult perverts waiting to rape, torture, and kill you. Big difference. In this violence- and pornography-driven culture of today, things just aren’t the same as they were in the 50s, 60s, or even 70s. I think it all started to change in the 80s. That’s when pornography started to go mainstream. Anyone remember Star Search and the “soft porn” model segments? I think that was the start of it.