Paedophile hysteria preventing men applying to work in primary schools

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Dr Byron is the presenter of a television show on problem children called Little Angels, as well as a Government advisor on internet safety. She said paranoia about child abuse was driving many men out of the classroom. "There is this paranoid, over-the-top concern about paedophilia and child molestation - that it is not safe to leave children with men," she said. "These themes are running through society to such an extent that attitudes have become skewed and our anxiety does ultimately discriminate against men. This puts men off from working in primary schools because they are concerned about how they will be viewed and what parents will think of them. We have to challenge these negative and unhelpful belief systems."

source: Article 'Paedophile hysteria preventing men applying to work in primary schools' by Graeme Paton; www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/3101958/Paedophile-hysteria-preventing-men-applying-to-work-in-primary-schools.html; Telegraph.co.uk; 30 September 2008