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The extent to which child sexual abuse is tolerated can be sickening

Here is an excerpt from a news report. You can read the whole thing here if you want:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/10/us/bo-schembechler-son-robert-anderson-abuse/index.html

(CNN)The son of the University of Michigan's legendary football coach, Bo Schembechler, is expected to allege publicly Thursday that he was sexually abused by a former team doctor being investigated by the school -- and that his father knew and did nothing, the son's lawyer says.

Matt Schembechler, 62, will speak about "his own abuse by Dr. Anderson and his father's failure to protect him and other athletes," attorney Mick Grewal said.

In an interview with ESPN, the junior Schembechler says Anderson molested him during a physical examination in the 1960s, when he was 10, and Bo Schembechler, his adoptive father, punched him when he reported the abuse.

"It knocked me all the way across the kitchen," he told the sports network.
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BigAssLeech · 31-35, M
I see this happen too frequently with boys especially. It's never taken seriously.
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@BigAssLeech We hear about it happening to boys a lot in the news. It happens to girls more than most people may realise -- just doesn't get reported, for one reason for another.
BigAssLeech · 31-35, M
@SW-User I mean in the sense that a boy speaks out and is punished. Of course it also happens to girls, but there isn't hoardes of people who believe that girls can't be raped, or that girls need to "man up", you know what I mean?
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@BigAssLeech Actually... I'm sorry to say that I do know a lot of people who think that girls need to man up and that rape doesn't really happen -- they really believe that these girls are just a bunch of liars who hate men.
BigAssLeech · 31-35, M
@SW-User I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm really not. I'm just glad I haven't encountered that kind of person.