I read up to where you [shlup] said this and skimmed the rest:

Quote Originally Posted by Shlup
Also, keep in mind that in the United States at least one in four females will be sexually abused
I quote this because I find 'sexually abused' and 1/4 to be severely insane. Are you sure it's not fiction, ore perhaps more accurately, a very VERY general definition?

I mean 1/4 women will say, for argument's sake, be approached and have physical contact made which was unwarranted and unwanted, would be more believable.

I consider sexual abuse to be a more serious act, like attempted rape, pushing sexual activities too far, or just plain pedophilia like the topic of this thread.

(not to trivialise the annoyance women go through when they get molested in public -- having lived with two attractive women, I've had to sit there while they rant about such things after having gone through it)

Anywho my initial response was that they paid their dues, but if Shlupquack is accurate (though I will not grant her authority status just yet), then people should be cautious. Hell people should be cautious REGARDLESS, but right here we have a person who has previously committed crimes which we consider very serious.

Even further is the idea that we attribute negative judgement without reasonable cause. For example if I, my brother, and our friends were to parade around town in our 'goth gear', we'd get the same treatment despite acting in the exact same way that we would've had we worn 'normal' clothes. So that's another argument to support being wary.

I just received an idea for a thread. Huzzah.