@hawkeye10,
Quote:But it was more like "you might one day run into this and if you do this is what you do", it was not as it is today "evil people are everywhere! WATCH OUT!"
Given that your own young daughters were molested by the pedophile brother of your baby sitter, and they did not report this to you immediately, nor did they apparently know what to do to resist, perhaps you
should have taught them, "evil people are everywhere! WATCH OUT!".
It is rather sad that, even though your own children were subjected to this experience, you still cannot see the need to both educate and protect children as much as possible. It is less a matter that "evil people are everywhere" and more a matter of they could be anywhere, and most parents are realistic about this and, as much as possible, insure their children's safety.
And both you and BillRM fail to realize that most victims of sexual abuse are female, and, consequently, female children generally tend to receive more warnings from parents regarding safety because there is an appropriate need to do this, although responsible parents instruct male children as well.
There have always been pedophiles around, and the issues of both warning children, and trying to protect them are nothing new. The only difference now is more media coverage when pedophiles are arrested, so we are more often reminded of the problem.
Normal men, unlike you and BillRM, would be more concerned with protecting children from harm, and less concerned with the issue of being regarded with suspicion because you are male. Stupid BillRM, for instance, should have been glad that others were concerned about his behavior with children in the park when he engaged them with kittens--those people were alert to the possibility that children might be harmed, because what he was doing is a classic pedophile ploy, and they were trying to protect the children. That's responsible adult behavior, but you and BillRM are too self-involved to recognize that.