Suffer The Little Children

Do they ever suffer! Some examples:

Listen to the voices that testify about being a mormon daughter in Courtroom Testimony Opens Window into Polygamy on Sunday Edition (NPR).

Augusten Burroughs was interviewed by The Advocate on the Logo channel. He wrote a memoir called Running With Scissors. During the interview it was said that as a teen, he had a sexual relationship with an old man. When an adult 'has sex' with a child, it is not a relationship, but a crime called something like sexual assault on a minor.

A letter Y wrote to Terry Gross of Fresh Air on July 1 of 2004:

Dear Ms. Gross-
Today you talked about a scene from the Van Peebles' film. Perhaps you don't realize that when you describe a naked prepubescent boy climbing between the naked legs of a 40 year old woman and then call it his "sexual initiation", you are excusing, normalizing and even glorifying this type of sexual assault. Every child molester in your audience will latch on to what you say to further convince himself or herself that the crimes they commit against children are actually favors to the children. Children and adults molested as children are harmed by hearing this kind of lie in ways that I won't go into here, but you can look it up if you want to know.

On June 24, I sent you another letter on this same topic which I have copied below. You can understand why I am excruciatingly frustrated right now after enduring more of this same ignorant talk in such a short interval. I know you have access to experts and researchers on every topic. Please, please educate yourself on this most important public health mater.

Letter from 6-24-04
Dear Ms. Gross: I was surprised to hear on air and then read the description on this site that a 14 year old boy was 'caught in an affair with a married woman'. Whenever an adult has sex with a 14 year old, it is against the law and is a sexual assault. Referring to this criminal activity as an affair perpetuates the myth that boys in our country are not victimized by adult women. I am sure you would not have said that a 14 year old boy 'had an affair' with his parish priest. It would be quite enlightening if you explored this cultural denial with some knowledgeable guests on your show.

That would be an interesting show, but Y guess it is more important for Ms. Gross to exlplore the ins and outs of piano-playing and such....