smart cookie:
Sorry, I haven’t been online. What is absurd is that you are not recognizing something as being a mitigating factor, and largely, an excuse, despite overwhelming evidence.
The fact of the matter is that if you were a man(are you?) and had been molested, you would very likely be a molester now. So when you hear about a molestation, you should cry for the child, and you should be angry at society for not doing more to stop it. But then, you should cry for the molester, and say, “there, but for the grace of G-d, go I”.