Virginia needs to step up to protect victims of child rape

2025-10-31

The CDC tells us that one in four girls and one in 13 boys are, right know, as you read this, victims of sexual abuse – basically, let’s just call it what it is, child rape. Do the math, and it’s not good – we’re talking about 14 million girls, 3 million boys. Let that sink in: 17 million kids, in this country, our kids, raped. We only know about a fraction of these cases, because 90 percent of child-rape cases involve a perpetrator who is known to the victim – a par...

The CDC tells us that one in four girls and one in 13 boys are, right know, as you read this, victims of sexual abuse – basically, let’s just call it what it is, child rape.

Do the math, and it’s not good – we’re talking about 14 million girls, 3 million boys.

Let that sink in: 17 million kids, in this country, our kids, raped.

We only know about a fraction of these cases, because 90 percent of child-rape cases involve a perpetrator who is known to the victim – a parent, close family member, family friend – who either manipulates the victim into silence, or worse, threatens or uses violence to keep the secret.

I can sense that you’re uncomfortable.

Nobody likes talking about child rape, which is a big reason why we have the problem we have.

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