Fact check: It’s time to just accept that some people like having sex with kids and focus on the fantastic things we’re doing to win back the respect of the world

1. Summary of the results

The analyses from all six sources unanimously contradict the original statement. The sources demonstrate that child sexual abuse is treated as a serious crime and public health crisis that requires prevention, intervention, and law enforcement action - not acceptance.

Prevention and Research Efforts:

• Johns Hopkins research focuses on preventing child sexual abuse through evidence-based interventions ^[1]
• A community-wide preventive intervention study found significant ways to reduce child sexual abuse rates ^[2]
• Organizations like Enough Abuse work on passing laws and providing education to prevent such crimes ^[3]

Law Enforcement Response:

• ICE's Operation Renewed Hope identified over 450 victims and demonstrates active law enforcement efforts against child exploitation ^[4]
• An international operation resulted in 20 arrests across 12 countries for producing and distributing child sexual abuse material ^[5]

Global Health Crisis Recognition:

• Experts are calling for treating child sexual exploitation as a global public health emergency affecting hundreds of millions of children annually ^[6]

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original statement completely omits the extensive global efforts to combat child sexual abuse that are currently underway. Key missing context includes:

• Scale of the problem: Child sexual exploitation affects hundreds of millions of children worldwide and is recognized as a pandemic-level crisis ^[6]
• International cooperation: Multiple countries are actively collaborating through organizations like Interpol to arrest perpetrators and protect victims ^[5]
• Prevention success: Research shows that community-wide interventions can significantly reduce abuse rates, contradicting any notion of inevitability ^[2]
• Victim identification and support: Law enforcement operations are successfully identifying and helping victims, with over 450 victims identified in a single operation ^[4]

The statement also fails to acknowledge that prevention-oriented approaches are being developed and implemented by global experts specifically to address this crisis ^[6].

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original statement contains dangerous misinformation that could normalize criminal behavior. Specifically:

Normalization of Criminal Activity: The suggestion to "accept that some people like having sex with kids" directly contradicts the universal recognition that child sexual abuse is a serious crime requiring prevention and prosecution ^{[1] [3] [2] [4] [6] [5]}.

False Inevitability: The statement implies this behavior is inevitable and should be accepted, when research demonstrates that community-wide interventions can significantly reduce abuse rates ^[2].

Deflection Tactic: The second part of the statement appears to deflect attention from child protection to unrelated topics about "winning back respect," which could serve to minimize the importance of protecting children from sexual abuse.

Contradiction of Expert Consensus: The statement directly opposes the expert consensus that calls for treating child sexual exploitation as a public health emergency requiring immediate action, not acceptance ^[6].

This type of messaging could potentially undermine prevention efforts and harm child protection initiatives that are actively working to reduce abuse rates and support victims.