ok so what's the solution to this though? other than vigilance and people not remaining silent?
institutional molestation problems are far worse because they are protected and normalized by institutional power structures.
this just sounds like something that needs to be watched out for on a personal level. meanwhile institutions like MSU/catholic church/penn state should have been dismantled for their bullshyt.
Geez kudos for even being willing to address it. I think they go hand in hand. Institutional silence provides justification for abuse that happens at a micro level. We take our cues from the rich and powerful b/c people want to be like them in many cases.
I think confronting the issue and like you said breaking silence is helpful.
I truly believe discourse can solve anything. In our household we talked about everything and I mean everything. My dad told me that there used to be some pretty messed up ideas some elders used to have. Like this idea of "checking young women for virginity". Like that's a cultural thing and it's molestation. Centuries ago that shyt used to be standard practice and a lot of foolishness can get passed down.
He and my mom discussed it b/c they wanted us to know that random hymen checks ain't kosher.

And wanted us to be vigilant when around extended family members and other adults.
There's a lot of shyt I be takin for granted and I used to assume everybody was having these types of conversations but I realize that ain't the case.
Discourse is powerful b/c words have the power to create culture. Divorcing sex and the body from shame helps to create an atmosphere where people are unafraid to address abuse and speak out even proactively. That culture hits institutional abuses b/c all of a sudden they are dealing with a populace who is unafraid to address the shyt head on and willing to nip it in the bud b/c it is publically and seriously denigrated.
What if we took our children being abused as seriously as not getting paid? Think about that for a second, we cower in the face of powerful institutions when it comes to revealing shyt like sexual abuse, but we have NO problem fukking them up or railing against them when it comes to not getting our pay.
Why the fukk do we clam up when it comes to certain abuses, but get brass balls when it comes to others? On the lowest of keys we are more indifferent about sexual abuse b/c we are a.) desensitized to it b/c it's assumed that it's inevitable and b.) b/c there are some who are predators and secretly wish to emulate the lifestyles of the powerful people who get away with it.
But fukk all that. Talk about it. Allow others to talk about it. Talk about people whose lives have been screwed up b/c of false accusations too. Discuss women getting a pass for gender assumptions. Talk about the affects it has on the quality of relationships in today's society. Talk about how fatherless homes and selfish single mothers create a society that makes it easier for predators to prey. Talk about how pimp and hoe culture causes some blk men to turn a blind eye to the hypersexualization of young blk girls or how they get sexually exploited in the hood just like women in 3rd world countries do by white molestors. Talk about how blk women hide behind the cult of the blk mother to avoid being held accountable for their roles in sexual abuse of children. Also discuss the erroneous belief that sexual predation is necessarily a masculine trait or should be automatically associated with men even though, it's really just about power and I 100% believe if women were in more power positions there would be more cases of female perpetuated sexual abuse than is reported today. Also let men discuss sexual abuse without questioning their manhood or masculinity. Talk about how white perverts want blk men in jail not JUST as a source of community instability but to play out their own sexual perversions and how they encourage rape in our prison system. ALL of that should be discussed with welcome and open arms.
We hold the power of life and death in our tongue. And we got a million words to say about everything else but when it comes time to talk about shyt that matters, we silent.
That culture of cowardice is a mothafukker.