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...Dakota Fanning tries something dangerous - skiing: The most controversial film going into the festival was Hounddog, in which 12-year-old Dakota Fanning plays a victim of sexual abuse who finds comfort in Elvis Presley music. Protested by religious groups and child advocates, the movie's much-debated rape scene turned out to be disturbing but not at all graphic. The camera fixes on a closeup of Fanning's face while the actions of a predatory neighbor boy are mostly implied. Despite protests, it appears the young star of Charlotte's Web and War of the Worlds was not harmed...
...teenager who has been in sex-education courses at school since the third grade. Most of the young people I know have developed liberal ideas about sex, even though the school programs have, if anything, discouraged promiscuous sex and so-called immoral sexual behavior. Our attitudes about sex do not come from teachers; they come from society and our peers. We are influenced by the media's portrayal of sex as being glamorous and by the opinions of other teenagers. The best thing teachers can do is give us the biological facts, teach us about sexually transmitted diseases, then stand...
Three years ago, the nation's most infamous child-molestation case erupted in the Los Angeles suburb of Manhattan Beach. Seven teachers and administrators at the prestigious McMartin Preschool would eventually be indicted on hundreds of counts of child sexual abuse. There were tales of drugs, bondage and the mutilation of animals...
...guilty." Whether Buckey and his mother will benefit from the disclosures is still to be decided. The personal costs of the McMartin case, however, have already been high. Raymond Buckey, who has been in jail for 33 months without bail, said on 60 Minutes last month that the sexual-abuse scandal had already ruined his life and that of his family. "They've burned a scarlet letter on me that I can never get rid of," he said. The McMartin parents must endure the dark question of whether their children have been grievously misused by abusive teachers or overeager prosecutors...
...year-old lawyer left his job in the D.A.'s office last January, after leaking to the press that there was dissension on the prosecution team over the soundness of the case. The charges against the defendants are based mainly on interviews with the children and physical traces of sexual activity; no other substantial corroboration like pornographic photos, was uncovered. Under cross-examination during the hearing, the children's stories seemed to Stevens to unravel. He came to agree with the defense that an expert on child sex abuse had asked leading and suggestive questions during pretrial investigations. "They...