Child Sex

I remember probably a month ago when the daily headline of The New Paper tabloids had something to do with a child being sexually abused. I remember the way that they discussed how the child could never have understood at such a young age the implications of everything. I remember how most of the children were mostly female.

And I was wondering: what would happen if the victim was a male? Would it not be worse for him? Males and females are born different. There is no superior gender, unless you compare based on certain specific criteria. To use just one classification, males are more appropriately equipped to physically protect females than vice versa. If a female had been sexually abused, she can easily find the arms of a guy to cry into. Now, if it was a guy, there is no one. He would probably bottle it up. And this has been proven in studies on depression in both genders. The studies suggest that majority of depressed males would rather cover it up with anger than let the tears fall openly. What more then if he had been sexually violated?

The issue about not understanding the enormity of the issue until probably after puberty has been theorised by Sigmund Freud, and he makes no distinction between the genders. I feel sorry for both genders, but would pity the male child more. In time to come, he will find it immensely difficult for to heal because he will find it much harder to face up to it. For he knows that he is the anomaly. Sex laws in many countries generally protect the female because males are often the offender, rarely the victim. And he knows that he is a loser, to use teenage lingo. While most guys his age may start to become curious about females in a sexual way, he will find it hard to feel in such a manner.

And you may wonder why I have chosen such a queer topic to discuss. And I will smile and reply, "If only you knew..."