tinydancer
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- Oct 16, 2010
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They are referring to them as "men having sex with men" and failing to address it as a second issue. They maintain that it's all about *education* but fail to address the fact that 13 year olds are being victimized and infected...that's not a matter of education, it's a matter of increased abuse of young boys by homosexuals.
I don't think that's the CDC's responsibility for one, they collect data and their primary concern is public health which is focused on the huge number is in the 15-19 and 20-24 age range. That is a matter of education.
In terms of 13-14 yr olds, a much younger group - you don't know if they are or are not being victimized. Kids do become sexually active at that age (look at teen pregnancy) and it's not necessarily abuse by an adult though it can be. Are there procedures in place to investigate this, whether it's underage boys or girls?
Education is still the most important tool to prevention.
The other thing is this - in order to investigate something as a crime, the victim has to be willing to report it. So how much of this very small group is the result of molestation and how much is not is really not well reseached (or is it?).
How can a five year old girl report a crime? How can a five year old boy report a crime?