I think sexual abuse by parents and adult family members (or anyone) is quite rare, and I really don't know where Joanna is getting this notion.
--- On Thu, 10/1/09, heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk <heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I know these numbers are much bandied about, and sometimes
> controversial,
> but my reading is that sexual abuse of children by anyone
> is still a
> pretty rare event (although the other statistic that most
> abuse that does
> take place is from family members is sometimes
> misunderstood to mean the
> opposite).