Do you think male sex offenders are just as threatening to society as female sex offenders?

i think both affect our society now. you never heard of women sex offenders when i was growing up, just until recently. but i do know it is the people that others least expect, it is the teachers, the deacons of churches, boyscout and girl scout leaders, and i know by all means that this does not apply to the majority of the people. i know most are just good people, but it is people that are easily trusted by families and who would never expect somebody in these roles to do the things they do. when they see somebody that looks different from them, or acts different from them, and dont appear to belong in their society, they are quick to shield their children because he is scarey to them, when he might be the kindest person they ever met. you cant judge people by what they want the world to see them as, nor can you judge a person that just looks or acts scarey. all kids should be taught wha to report to their parents, and feel free to talk to their parents, and not fear not being not believed. what would be worse if a child told a parent about an abuse, and the parent didnt believe that a person of such high stature would do such a thing and not believe their child, or see the effects later on in their childs life after being continued to be abused by the same person, and then as an adult they wonder why they are so screwed up, and then the adult tells them , you know what i tried to tell you when i was a kid that you didnt believe, well that is why i am so screwed up.males are more stronger and can lead to more violent crimes, where females it seems use more manipulative behavior rather than using force. but both are damaging.o

i believe male sex offenders are more threatening also due to their strength. you gave a percentage of how 90- percntage of women sex offenders were sexually abused by a man. and i have read that most people who were abused as a child, also abuse others as they have been abused. i was abused, but i would never hurt a child in the mental and physical ways i have been hurt ever. i read that before my sister got custody of my neice and nephew, and i was afraid to even hold them, because i thought i would be like the books i read, even though i had no kind of desire to do anything like that. but it took me a long time to show affection for them except from a distance because i never wanted them to mistaken my affection for anything but what it was. that is one of the affects of abuse, for you iread of what kind of person you may grow up to be, and that scares any teenager to death, it sounds like their fate has already been mapped out for them in a book, when that is so untrue of a lot of my friends who have been abused. they would never do such things. so when i first read your comment it first sounded like 90 percent of those who had been abused, became abusers, then i read it again and understood. but just because you were abused in your childhood, it dont mean you will automatically become an abuser, which that was not what you were saying. but many people misinterpret that way, i guess because most offenders have been abused. but not all abused become abusers. and i think that needs to be stressed to people also.