Children MUST be allowed to speak truthfully, have their safety taken seriously, and have their concerns and gut feelings heard without immediately be
In the United States, the number of girls who have experienced abuse is substantial.
Here are some key statistics based on reliable sources like the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
*1 in 4 girls (25%) experience some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18.
*In 2021, child protective services (CPS) agencies received approximately 3.9 million reports of child abuse involving 7.2 million children.
Girls from marginalized or low-income communities are at higher risk due to heavily reinforced systemic inequities.
Girls with disabilities are also at heightened risk due to bullying, social isolation, people failing to believe them when they speak up, communication challenges, and their need for caretakers
*Sexual Abuse: Girls are more likely to be victims than boys, with about 90% of sexual abuse victims being female in cases reported to authorities.
If you are not actually protecting little girls, we are not in fact on the same side.
All over the globe since the beginning of time, little girls are pushed aside and told that it is not their turn to:
- be safe from abuse in their own communities, schools, and homes
- have their periods without being shunned or shamed
- be born because they are not boys
- grow up to be adults and then choose their own husbands
- have people around them micromanage the shape and weight of their bodies from middle school and well beyond middle age
- speak the truth as they see it and as they live it.
- keep their God-given body parts intact without having them cut without even a pain killer (female genital mutilation)
- avoid being blamed for violence, abuse, and grooming at the hands of predatory males.
- undressing in front of people that they do not feel comfortable with
- risking injury unnecessarily
- being compelled to lie
- being compelled to disregard their own safety concerns
- being obliged to go against their own religious teachings.
- remaining silent and knowing that not even safe adults can assist them.
Children MUST be allowed to speak truthfully, have their safety taken seriously, and have their concerns and gut feelings heard without immediately being dismissed as "hate" or "something we do not say."
Normies across the US: Let’s protect girls by keeping their sports and locker rooms single-sex.@TheDemocrats having a normal one:
— WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) January 14, 2025
Genital inspections!
Taliban!
Sexual assault!
Little girls’ underwear!!
(excluding 2 Texas Dems Gonzalez & Cuellar 🙏 for voting for girls) pic.twitter.com/qyri84irPj
