re: #445 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I can easily believe that this particular father wasn’t actually doing anything sexual; various countries have various amounts of comfort with nudity, touching, conversation, etc. about sex with kids. Pedophilia is something that most parents couldn’t force themselves to commit.

But the claim that it couldn’t be actual sexual abuse because of the cultural background is ridiculous. Quick googling around finds a report from SDSU saying that the authorities admit to 300 cases of child sexual abuse a year, and that an NGO related to protection of children estimates 2000 child prostitutes in Albania.

www-rohan.sdsu.edu

Child abuse, including sexual abuse, rarely is reported, but authorities and NGO’s believe that it exists. According to the Ministry of Public Order, more than 300 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in 2000. According to the Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CRCA), more than 2,000 children between the ages of 13 and 18 are involved in prostitution rings. According to the same organization, a large number of Albanian children (as many as 4,000) work as child prostitutes in Greece, and trafficking in children was a serious problem. Criminals may kidnap children from families or orphanages to be sold to prostitution or pedophilia rings abroad. Child labor continued to be a problem.