SINGAPORE: During one of our programme on body safety skills, a class of six-year-olds were shown various scenario cards depicting good and bad touches.
When a particular card showed a man touching a boy on his groin area, a boy in class insisted that it was a good touch, despite the rest of his classmates disagreeing.
When asked why, the boy replied that his father, as well as his father’s friend, had taken off his clothes and touched his penis.
To the boy, this was part of their play and because he had not been taught body safety skills before.
He did not realise that he had been sexually abused.
There has been much public attention on the case involving Australian Boris Kunsevitsky, a diagnosed paedophile who is currently facing charges for committing child sexual abuse on dozens of victims.
This case hits especially close to home, since five of his victims were from Singapore.
Even so, it is crucial to highlight that it is not just paedophiles who may sexually abuse children. There are also regressed offenders who typically have no sexual interest in children, but commit sexual abuse during times of stress; such as when they encounter financial pressures or marital strain.
We also often think that sexual abuse perpetrators are strangers, when in reality a majority of perpetrators are people familiar to the children.
These perpetrators take advantage of their relationship with the children to groom them, sexually abuse them, and get them to keep the abuse a secret.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...od-bad-when-does-touch-become-unsafe-11605190
When a particular card showed a man touching a boy on his groin area, a boy in class insisted that it was a good touch, despite the rest of his classmates disagreeing.
When asked why, the boy replied that his father, as well as his father’s friend, had taken off his clothes and touched his penis.
To the boy, this was part of their play and because he had not been taught body safety skills before.
He did not realise that he had been sexually abused.
There has been much public attention on the case involving Australian Boris Kunsevitsky, a diagnosed paedophile who is currently facing charges for committing child sexual abuse on dozens of victims.
This case hits especially close to home, since five of his victims were from Singapore.
Even so, it is crucial to highlight that it is not just paedophiles who may sexually abuse children. There are also regressed offenders who typically have no sexual interest in children, but commit sexual abuse during times of stress; such as when they encounter financial pressures or marital strain.
We also often think that sexual abuse perpetrators are strangers, when in reality a majority of perpetrators are people familiar to the children.
These perpetrators take advantage of their relationship with the children to groom them, sexually abuse them, and get them to keep the abuse a secret.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...od-bad-when-does-touch-become-unsafe-11605190
