Sexual abuse of boys
An IWF snapshot study
In 2021, just 1% or 2,641 reports showed the sexual abuse of boys only. Within this subset of data, we can see that a higher proportion of the imagery of boys compared to girls shows Category A child sexual abuse: 53% compared to 17%.
- Category A: Images involving penetrative sexual activity; images involving sexual activity with an animal or sadism.
- Category B: Images involving non-penetrative sexual activity.
- Category C: Other indecent images not falling within categories A or B.
Source: IWF Annual Report 2021
- Category A: Images involving penetrative sexual activity; images involving sexual activity with an animal or sadism.
- Category B: Images involving non-penetrative sexual activity.
- Category C: Other indecent images not falling within categories A or B.
Source: IWF Annual Report 2021