A 23-year-old teacher in New Jersey was sentenced to 10 years for multiple sex charges. She raped a 13-year-old boy and photographed him receiving oral sex from an 8-year-old girl. Sadly, this is not an isolated case. There has been an alarming growth of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. We live in a generation like no other. Never before has there been hard-core, violent, graphic porn accessible at the click of a button to anyone, any age. We are facing an influx of pornography of tsunami proportion, and we are just catching a devastating glimpse of the effects of this porn culture in America. Everyday gut-wrenching stories involving children being raped by other children and adults are on the news. One 10-year-old boy raped his 8-year-old sister after viewing live porn streaming on his X-Box. Numerous international child rape operations have been discovered and dismantled, however, the dark web continues to provide space for these evil perpetrators. We, as a society, are facing a reality that is staggering!
“USA is the #1 child porn producer in the world.”
In 2004 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported approx. 450,000 files are containing porn exploiting children. Within a few years, that number dramatically jumped to over 17 million files. The crimes against children have become increasingly more violent, and the victims much younger.
Social Media is a doorway for major porn distribution. No longer do you need to visit a windowless adult bookstore, but you can tap into any perverted sexual fantasy in the luxury of your home. Millions of customized pictures, videos or stories can be accessed immediately for your pleasure. Unfortunately, sex addictions are never satisfied with only watching porn. The stats clearly indicate the parallel between hardcore porn addiction and the increase in child sex crimes. Children as young as four months old are being raped, recorded and their images shared around the world. This insatiable appetite for violent sex has infiltrated our society. Online bookstores such as Barnes & Noble sell hundreds of books that glamorize daddy daughter rape, including S&M, bondage, and sodomy. These books are available simply by typing in the keyword “daddy.” Immediate availability of porn is exponentially increasing the exploitation of our children.
As a society, we must do a better job of protecting our children’s rights. The answers may not be clear, but the resolve to find them must be.