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ok
you are a teacher in 1998
one 8 year old boy has been sexually abused by a group of 5 12 year old girls
obviously you don't want to ruin the lives of those 5 girls over one mistake just to protect a single 8 year old boy, he's a boy, he'll be fine.

so you cover it up, make sure to convince his parents that covering it up is the best idea, because if people knew he was abused they would judge him and them for it, nobody trusts an abuse victim.

of course, other people know about it, and soon the child has been sexually abused by more older kids who know it's not going to result in consequences. more 12 year old's, a few 15 year old's at the swimming club.

maybe a couple of teachers start doing some inappropriate things to the kid

well if you do something about it now, you will be exposed for covering up the first abuse. so you just keep covering it up. for years. until it ends up being 10+ teachers, parents, coaches, all knowing if someone does something about it, their lives are over.

then eventually you end up with a 35 year old obsessing over the relationships and sexuality of an adult existential horror cartoon show rabbit who canonically has no genitals because he's terrified of sexuality.