A Hamilton woman has been taking pornographic photos of her children and sending them to an overseas penpal, police say. In January, a 50-year-old man from London, England, was arrested for possession of indecent images of children. The investigation by British authorities revealed a woman from Hamilton had sent several images of her children to the man.
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Mother arrested for creating child porn with her children, police say - Hamilton
- Cases of women producing child pornography are extremely rare, according Robin Wilson, a McMaster researcher who specializes in counselling sexual offenders.
- “This is a very uncommon crime that happens very infrequently. We would expect this to happen much more often in men. That it’s alleged to be a woman is shocking,” he said. “The fact that it’s a woman suspect who’s a parent is even more shocking.”
- Wilson, whose practice is based in Florida, said females who molest children seldom do it for their own sexual gratification.
- Rather, women who produce child porn, he said, would more typically be motivated by the possibility of financial gain or a desire to please a dominant male love interest.
- “Women [sexual abusers] are much more likely to be mentally ill, much more likely to to have something going on in their lives,” Wilson added.
I wish this “researcher” would quote some numbers to back his claims.