Reports of Child Sexual Abuse by Women Rising Sharply

This article reports that reports of child sexual abuse by women in the United Kingdom have risen five times faster than those of abuse by men (BBC, 11/9/09). The numbers are for abuse reported by children to the charitable organization Childline. Since 2004-05, reports of female abuse have increased 132% and compared to 27% for reports of male abuse. Male abuse is still much the larger of the two at almost 87%, whild female abuse is a little over 13% of the total.