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In my youth, sexual abuse of children was a little understood and never publicly discussed phenomenon. Pedophiles were considered to be deviants of the worst kind, in no way associated with “respectable” society or “decent” people.
French writer Gabriel Matzneff walks with a companion in Bordighera, Italy, on Feb. 16, 2020. Matzneff, who for years boasted of his preference for sex with adolescent girls and boys and wrote about it, is under police investigation for child rape and faces trial in the coming year. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images
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Barbara Kay
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Barbara Kay is a columnist and author. Her latest writing project is co-authorship with Linda Blade of the book “Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport.”
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