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by Julie Posey

Web cameras are one of the new and admired electronic toys used by child pornographers, pedophiles, and child molesters to gain immediate sexual gratification and exploit a young person. Most of the commonly used instant message programs have the capability of connecting a Web camera to the Internet for live video conferences. Many of the programs have an icon letting other users know if there is a Web camera attached to another user’s computer.

The sexual abuser sits in the chat rooms and game areas where children are known to visit. They contact those children with a Web camera and coerce them into masturbating and posing in sexually lewd positions in front of their cameras. The sex offender may be viewing one child or may be viewing several at the same time. There can also be more than one offender viewing the same child.

Many of these offenders have hardware attached to their computers that enable them to capture the live broadcast and save it to his computer, a CD, or a video cassette. Once the video is captured, the offender can view it again in the future, trade with others sharing the same interests, offer the video for sale or add it to a collection online and freely distribute it. Specialized movie editing software can be used to edit the video, make custom movies or combine other clips and make a longer movie.

Teens have discovered that a Web camera can be a useful tool in a prosperous but dangerous online business opportunity. One young man received a prepaid charge card for his birthday. The fifteen year old then registered a domain name and paid for hosting services. He was a very talented Webmaster and created a Web site where he could broadcast his live appearances on his Web site. He designed a chat room so that visitors could simultaneously chat and view him in real time.

Each day after school and nearly all day and night on weekends, the boy would interact with adults who coached him by making suggestions regarding what sexual poses they would like to see him perform in front of the camera. He told his audience that he would remain fully clothed until someone donated money to him. One participant typed in the chat room and asked the boy what he would do if he gave the teen $10. The boy answered and said that he would take off his pants. Another viewer asked how much the money the boy required to masturbate for him. The boy quoted a price of $50. Once the negotiations were made, the boy instructed site visitors to click on a button on his Web site where they would be taken to a secure payment processing service. Those wishing to watch his live broadcasts could choose from several payment methods including personal check, credit card, or wire transfer. Approximately two minutes after a person made a payment, the boy was notified that a payment was received and he then began to sexually exploit himself with encouragement from those who submitted payments to him.

Once the checks or charge cards had cleared the online payment-processing center, they were deposited into the boy’s checking account. This process took between 24 and 72 hours to complete.

Law enforcement discovered this young man’s activity after receiving a tip from someone who knew him and was concerned about his safety. The boy’s parents were shocked to learn that their son was sexually exploiting himself from his bedroom in a nice middle class neighborhood.

This boy and others like him can make between $300-$500 per day displaying themselves in any position imaginable in front of those who are child pornographers wishing to capture new and fresh material for their own collections of to trade with the thousands of others who share an interest in exploiting youth.

The pornographers use ad slogans like these to sell the videos and movies:
  • Cute innocent girls caught doing things they never thought they would!
  • You will be amazed at what your neighbor’s teen daughter is doing in her bedroom after school!
  • Tired of looking at sites that claim to have nude teens and don’t? We have the real thing!
  • Witness her virginity being taken!
  • We have the youngest pre-teens and teens on the Net!
  • Free teen rape videos. One stud was so big he nearly killed her.
  • Naked teens are waiting for you to teach them about sex.
  • These teens are hardcore and will do anything you ask them to.
  • Submit your hidden video or watch what others have captured.
  • Be a voyeur in the privacy of your own home.
  • These small-breasted beauties will leave you begging for more.
  • Chat with these smooth boys and they will show off just for you.

Know what your child is doing online and keep the computer out of his or her bedroom!

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by Julie Posey

Myth: Children are usually molested by strangers.
Fact: About 95% of children are molested by someone they know including family members, extended family, relatives, close friends, neighbors, teachers, members of the clergy and others who know the child. The person most likely to molest children a child are the ones that have the most access to them. The purposely place themselves in positions where there is easy access to children.

Myth: Child sexual abuse usually occurs in poor families.
Fact: Child sexual abuse knows no geographic, socioeconomic, religious and ethnic boundaries. Any child can be at risk of being sexually abused.

Myth: The offending male usually mentally ill.
Fact: There are no statistics to substantiate that the average sex offender is mentally ill, or mentally challenged.

Myth: Children lie about sexual abuse.
Fact: Children do not have an advanced sexual knowledge unless they have experienced it and do not have the ability to make it up without being exposed to it.

Myth: Children are seductive and they have hidden fantasies about sex. They desire it and receive pleasure from it.
Fact: The idea of a child being seductive is a false adult idealization that usually comes from viewing children as sexual objects. Child pornographers will claim that since the child is smiling in the picture, he/she wanted the sexual violation to occur.

Children who have experienced sexual abuse quickly learn that to get their emotional or physical needs met, they have to perform the acts desired by their abusers. Adults misinterpret this as a desire to be abused or as a child “being seductive.”

Myth: Sexual abuse is non-violent and therefore cannot be damaging.
Fact: Even without physical violence, sexual abuse leaves a permanent scar with the victim. This damage includes loss of a normal childhood, being betrayed and exploited by someone they know, love or trust and often bearing the burden of the abuse for a lifetime.

Myth: Sexual abuse is usually a one time isolated incident or perhaps even just a misjudgment on the behalf of the abuser.
Fact: The average sex offender has between 30-150 victims before his first arrest. He often spends weeks, months or even years grooming the child for his own sexual gratification.

Myth: It is better not to talk about child sexual abuse. Children will forget about it and will live normal lives.
Fact: Adults work to avoid talking about child sexual abuse because it makes them uncomfortable. This can cause the child to feel that it is something to be ashamed of and something to feel guilty about. This attitude actually serves to protect the offender and allow him to continue his activity with even more victims. Children don’t just forget being sexually abused.

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