Happily retired from my Child Care career but with many memories of abused children put into my care. Abusers..male and female....who use and abuse physically/emotionally and sexually come is many guises. Admittedly male abusers were in the majority but not a large majority over the women who also abuse in all three ways. Women and sexual abuse rarely come to light inasmuch as boys who are abused by women tend to keep it quiet...and I have seen more than one case where women have been exposed as sexual abusers but their 'situations' have been hushed up...hidden from the public eye. Can I also suggest that there are a larger number of abusers out in the big wide world than we give credit for.
Whilst working with teenage girls who were pregnant or had babies (as young as eleven yrs old) Almost a third of them were pregnant by their own fathers and most of them pregnant by men much..much older than them. Many of the mothers had some idea it was happening but said nothing for fear of bringing problems on themselves and their families by speaking up.
I have thought for many years that learning about human relationships should be part of formal education from a young age, not just left to family and friendships. If children particularly are taught what is right and what is wrong in physical/sexual and emotional lives....and how/who to approach when they are abused....it would make such scenarios less likely.
Some of those abused grow to be abusers..that cycle needs breaking NOW.
Best wishes. Mike.