On April 19 at 9 pm EDT, PBS Frontline will air THE SILENCE: FRONTLINE INVESTIGATES CHURCH SEX ABUSE IN ALASKA. This FRONTLINE report focuses on the abuse by a number of men who worked for the Catholic Church along Alaska's far west coast in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
Check your local PBS listings. "The Silence" will be available online on April 20.
FRONTLINE link: http://www.pbs.org/...=
My first diary on dKos explained my interest and my closely following the societal trend towards acceptance normalization of child sexualization.
Here's the link to my first diary.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
My definition of 'child' is an individual who hasn't the secondary sexual characteristics: increase in hormones with the with the obvious presence of armpit and pubic hair.
As the hormones kick-in, children begin a journey towards adulthood that includes testing their ability to attract sexual interest-the teen years. However, a teen's judgement is poor and even one year age difference in junior-high and high-school has an impact on how a teen can handle relationships, especially sexual relationships.
The societal question is: Should adults be emboldened and empowered to sexually mentor the young? Who decides? The child? The teen? The parents? Who takes responsibility for the emotional and psychological consequences of an adult having sex with a child or a teen?