""Paedophiles in Prison and online claim the children 'love it' and 'ask for it', 'it' meaning being raped. This reminds me of those who say women who are raped 'ask for it'. All teachers for example know that young pupils can get a 'crush' on them. They take great care to discourage it and to distance themselves from the child's emotional state. I'm very angry about this attitude that any paedophile can help himself to whatever arrives in front of him.""

On a point which was raised in protest when I used the word "Paedophile", (evidence, not anecdote please) does anybody know whether any, and if so how many, of Savile's victims were prepubescent?

It was pointed out fairly forcefully that I would be wrong to suggest that sex with underage girls was automatically paedophilia.

Don T.