Dear Editor,
I was appalled by CVCC's Ivan Cruickshank's statement that one-third of Jamaican children are sexually initiated at age 10.
No 10-year-old child is "initiated" into sex at that age. What he ought to have said is that we in Jamaica have high levels of childhood sexual abuse, as any sexual contact with a 10-year-old is sexual abuse.
Given this knowledge, and the fact that many in children's homes have been sexually abused, why did the controversial sex education course not shed light on the fact of sexual abuse of children, the lifelong harm of sexual abuse, and teach children how to guard against sexual predators?
Informing children of the danger of sexual predators, how to avoid and confront them is the kind of information many of our children need. Child victims of sexual abuse are the most vulnerable in our society.
Is the CVCC concerned about this vulnerable group? It seems to me that gay adults can take care of themselves. It our sexually abused children that need help.
Martha Brae
martha.brae@yahoo.com
Early sexual initiation, Mr Cruickshank?
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I was appalled by CVCC's Ivan Cruickshank's statement that one-third of Jamaican children are sexually initiated at age 10.
No 10-year-old child is "initiated" into sex at that age. What he ought to have said is that we in Jamaica have high levels of childhood sexual abuse, as any sexual contact with a 10-year-old is sexual abuse.
Given this knowledge, and the fact that many in children's homes have been sexually abused, why did the controversial sex education course not shed light on the fact of sexual abuse of children, the lifelong harm of sexual abuse, and teach children how to guard against sexual predators?
Informing children of the danger of sexual predators, how to avoid and confront them is the kind of information many of our children need. Child victims of sexual abuse are the most vulnerable in our society.
Is the CVCC concerned about this vulnerable group? It seems to me that gay adults can take care of themselves. It our sexually abused children that need help.
Martha Brae
martha.brae@yahoo.com
Early sexual initiation, Mr Cruickshank?
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