Paedophilia - Are We Doing Enough?

There's been a lot of weird reports on Paedophilia and child sex trafficking lately that makes me uncomfortable and confused. A lot of us cringe at the thought of children being subjected to sexual abuse in the hands of perverted adults. Little wonder then that there is widespread condemnation whenever we come across such occurences. Ignoring the general fury though, how effective has the fight against paedophilia been? My answer is 'not very'.

For instance, the laws against Child marriages are still quite lax in most states with loopholes that could be exploited. I was trying to get some actual figures and came across 200,000+ reported cases, albeit in 2016, with children as young as 10 years old subject to this abuse. You'd think if it were really urgent to the system it would have been addressed by now.

We've even come across scenarios where paedophilia has attempted to be normalized. First it was with comparisons to the gay rights movement by actual paedophiles themselves, then it was through the regular 'guilt trip' wars where some mischievous media outlets try to source pity for paedophiles by portraying paedophilia as this uncontrollable demon that completely takes over the hosts, which of course absolves the host from taking any responsibility. Right now there's an admitted paedophile running for congress in Virginia, allowed to by the loopholes available in the system.

Also annoying is the use of critical issues like this in my view as a cheap political move by some dastardly individuals in collaboration with the system. People now use alleged child sexual abuse cases to ride opponents down and get elected - without really caring about how to go about fixing the challenge of child sexual abuse. I find it sickening but it appears am in a political minority.

The effects of sexual abuse on a child, for those who don't know are extremely detrimental both physically and mentally in the long term. Worse more, being subjected to these horrors at an early age robs them of their innocence and their childhood.

If we really care about fighting paedophilia, child sex trafficking and other forms of abuse, it should show in the legislation and not as 'juicy' stories on the newspaper pages.