Self-serving accounts of “free love” are in stark contrast to the perspectives provided by the victims of Savile and others. However, they circulate in the wider community as well, and victims of sex offences are often held responsible for their own victimisation. These inversions of responsibility are common among sex offenders. This suggests that sexual abuse is a situation in which adult men are sexually targeted by minors rather than the other way around. These men, in turn, “never asked for anybody’s birth certificate”. Some of Savile’s associates have linked his behaviour to the “hedonistic culture” of the 1960s and 1970s, where teenage girls supposedly “threw” themselves at famous men. Questions have been raised about how much friends and colleagues knew about, and potentially colluded in, these crimes. Now, he is the subject of allegations of sexual abuse from at least 300 victims dating back decades. Until his death in 2011, Savile was a much-loved British media personality. The authorities did not understand what was happening to us, either because they did not believe us or because they could not comprehend that something as serious as this was possible. An independent 2010 report into child protection in Britain, which was not made public but was quoted in the UK print media, found child victims of sexually abusive groups were often ignored by the authorities. Victims can find it very difficult finding someone to take them seriously. This form of abuse is poorly understood by investigators. In some circumstances, the abuse of children and women can become a means of male bonding. It is well recognised that commonly held views about masculinity, sexuality and power are used by offenders to legitimise child abuse.
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