Being a man makes me untrustworthy?

@Jag85: This is just a suggestion.

If you want to justify modern statistical data, you should probably cite modern sources from the past few years. 1988 was decades ago and the culture of the United States has changed dramatically since then.

@BranKetra: The first statistic was from 2000 (7/00). As for more recent statistics:

Statistics on Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse

It is estimated that women are the abusers in about 14% of cases reported among boys and 6% of cases reported among girls.

In other words, males account for 86-94% of child molesters, while females account for 6-14% of child molesters. The numbers haven't changed much since 1988.

@Jag85: That is certainly concerning information.

I would guess that either this information were part of the rationale of that lady or its derivatives such as local initiatives to combat crime.

That said, I doubt most people would be satisfied with a person approaching a child in their care and asking about their identity in such a manner.

I wouldnt have the audacity to approach random adults and question their intentions with children. My girlfriend is a teacher in a primary school and child protection is an absolute minefield even with in an enclosed secure building. That being said you cant just assume the worst without a shred of evidence.

I don't think it's fair really. I work in a child related industry and I see just as many untrustworthy women as I have men. However, it's purely the media making everyone nervous, when I was studying they were telling us to never let a male boy go alone into a public toilet but it was okay for the girls.

Fair enough, I guess, but I sure as hell would have said more. Yes, even with the kid present.

I mean, a stranger is a stranger. They can be as suspicious or non-suspicious as they want, but the second that a stranger comes over and grabs the hand of the kid that I'm taking care of, I am NOT gonna take that lightly.

Here's the weird thing...you find it appalling that a random woman saw a man with a child and thought that was suspicious enough to intervene. But then she came over and grabbed the kid's freaking hand, and you held back because of the kids? Does the fact that this was a woman have anything to do with it? I mean, for all I know, SHE could have been the pedophile. So I'm just a little bit curious if the fact that you held back your words had anything to do with the fact that you were confronted by a woman instead of a man.

I hope you got the pedophile away from your friend's children.

That make me mad that. Good job I don't have a kid as look a lot younger then I am. People would be coming up to me all time.

This is what feminism does.

The ONLY reason I held back was because of the kids. You know me...seriously, think about it...when I start on someone I DO NOT let up until they are fighting or crying, and even then I might not.

Trust me, things were running through my mind...if someone more appropriate had come to mind than what was there I would have said it.

I won't lie that does sound a bit weird. Good Samaritan tried to hard to be good in this case.

Your automatically a pedo even when proved otherwise.

I won't go anywhere near women or children alone unless my phone is recording. If you choose to do it without covering yourself and having some way to prove your actions you are a crazy person.

Hopefully they don't think you're some weirdo recording them. o,o;

@br0kenrabbit: While I don't agree with feminists, I did think about this a bit and came to realize that I see women more as caretakers than men, whether that is right or wrong. I guess I'm more likely to think of men sexually assaulting someone as a problem than a woman sexually assaulting someone, since I'm a straight male and usually picture decent-looking women rather than the not-so-nice looking ones that could be performing the act.

I'm sorry for what happened to you. Hopefully the woman was at least apologetic and explained herself after you got the chance to explain yourself. It was absolutely wrong of her to just grab the little girl by the arm and yank her away from you, that was not right.

That is what I also thought.

I would've thrown the kid at her head.