"More research needed to break stigma of boys abused by mothers"

Sexual abuse of boys by their mothers goes largely unreported and more research is needed, victim support organisation Fier has said. Of the 381 men and boys who turned to the organisation for help between 2018 and 2020, over 50 said they had been abused by their mother, stepmother or foster mother. “This is cause for concern,” Fier spokesman Johannes Dijkstra told broadcaster NOS. “We know that parents play a part in the abuse of their children, for instance by...