Another Letter to Post Columnists About Their “Abused by the Badge” Stories
A letter that asks "Why doesn't the Post publish similar articles on things like boys who are abused by female staffers at detention facilities?"
Dear Mses. Contrera and Abelson,
Since June of 2024 I have published open letters1 written to you and others2 involved in The Washington Post’s Abused by the badge investigation.
In those letters I explained that I’m a lifelong reader of the Post who nevertheless has long noticed the paper’s feminism-inspired gender bias, provable by its imbalanced coverage of domestic violence3 and made undeniable by its 2018 publication of the op-ed Why can't we hate men?, where the paper provided a platform for a radical feminist to broadcast to the world a Nazi-like hatred for men:
Although I commended you and the rest of your team for your fine work on both the Abused by the Badge investigation and all of the related articles, I have repeatedly posed the question,
“Why doesn't the Post perform similar studies about the abuse of men and boys?”
I then offered some suggestions for other investigations about the abuse of males that the Post, in the interest of true “gender equality”, might undertake. These suggestions are summarized in a separate post, A Summary of Suggested Investigations the Post Should Consider About the Abuse of Men and Boys.
In response to your recent article, How will the Trump administration handle police who sexually abuse kids?, I have an additional suggestion for investigation by the Post about the abuse of males that you both may wish to write about:
Boys Abused by Female Staffers at Detention Facilities
Although if asked, most people would say that the vast majority of sexual abuse of boys in prisons and other detention facilities is caused by men, the exact opposite is true. One study reported that approximately 95% of those reporting abuse were victimized by female staff!
Recommended sources for your investigation:
Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them: “The nation’s system of juvenile justice has long been troubled. But recent studies have revealed a surprising new menace: female staffers at detention facilities sexually abusing the male youngsters in their care.”
Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-09: “Approximately 95% of all youth reporting staff sexual misconduct said they had been victimized by female staff. In 2008,42% of staff in state juvenile facilities were female.”
Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2012 (PDF): “Among the estimated 1,390 youth who reported victimization by staff, 89.1% were males reporting sexual activity with female staff…”
Ladies, let me close with a quote from Cathy Young, co-founder and vice-president of the Women’s Freedom Network, from her book Ceasefire! Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality, that describes the real nature of today’s feminism and why I’ve been writing letters to Post columnists who are completely blind to the gender prejudice that they help to propagate:
“…bad acts by men are magnified into a “war against women”, while women’s bad acts are denied. A new emphasis on special protections for women rather than equal rights has dangerously eroded the rights of men accused of rape, domestic violence, or sexual harassment [emphasis added].”
If you would only take the time to think about it, she’s right, don’t you think?
Sincerely,
Stephen Bond
Publisher of "Letters to The Washington Post" Substack
A Letter to Washington Post Staff About their “Abused by the badge” Investigation (Sept. 9) and a continuation of the first letter (Sept. 14), and a third, related letter, A Letter to Post Columnist Emma Uber About Her Article on a Woman Reporting Abuse 44 Years Later.
Those letters were specifically addressed to the main credited authors of the initial articles in the Abused by the Badge series, including both Mses. Contrera & Abelson, but implicitly includes many more researchers and writers in a team from the Post and Bowling Green State and American universities. All are listed under the “About our team” section.
This observation was confirmed by a February 2023 report by The Coalition to End Domestic Violence that described a 10-Year Suppression of the Truth on Domestic Violence by the Washington Post.