Australian politics, society & culture

A boy to be sacrificed

Submitted by kieronb on Mon, 2012-03-26 13:52

A boy to be sacrificed "By the time I was 10, I knew what happened to boys like me in our impoverished society; they were designated victims, to be used, with everyone’s blessing, as easy s#xual objects by frustrated men. And I knew that no one would save me - not even my parents, who surely loved me."

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Monday, 26 March 2012 - 2:49pm

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