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Something about sex and the society!

The recent arrest of a group of men who started a Facebook page posting pictures of young girl children ( http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-malayalam-now-facebook-pages-tamil-paedophiles-shut-down ) has sparked heated discussions on safety of children and their pictures online. This is only an extreme facet of the dangers that children face in today's world. However, this is not something that has been happening just in the last two or three years. Child sex abusers have existed for long and technology has only made the situation worse.  The following post is based on experiences that people I know (friends and acquaintances) have shared with me. The names have been changed to protect the identity of the persons related to the experiences. Some of the incidents which I share here have happened as early as in the 80s and 90s.  Sindhu, a 7 year old, was a very happy child. She was the only daughter and was very close to her parents. Her parents were working and she