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Child porn's dirty secret: male "parents" (i.e. fathers) and trusted male relatives and male friends are usually behind the camera lens

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Child porn's dirty secret: male "parents" (i.e. fathers) and trusted male relatives and male friends are usually behind the camera lens

"He shot pictures of her in skimpier and skimpier outfits... photographed himself molesting her... created a Web site, charging strangers to view graphic photos... Pedophiles could write in and say what they wanted to see her wearing... explicit pictures of a young girl being molested. Investigators recognized her from family pictures. The case was not unusual, authorities say..." Of 2,300 children identified in pornographic pictures and videos, 27% were photographed by parents, 24% by family friends, and 10% by other relatives..." http://lists.stopfamilyviolence.org/mailman/private/fcrc/2009-July/010359.html MEDIA BIAS: 97% of those committing child sex abuse are men; "parents" means biological fathers, adoptive fathers, stepfathers.  For another example of media bias -- in connection with the recent spate of family annihilations, see Alternet, WTF? at http://justice.posterous.com/alternet-wtf