I DOUBT IT’S DIFFERENT HERE: Up to 64,000 women in UK ‘are child-sex offenders:’ After Plymouth case shocked the nation, police say number of women abusing children is rising. “Child sex abuse by women is significantly more widespread than previously realised, with experts estimating that there could be up to 64,000 female offenders in Britain. Researchers from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF), a child protection charity that deals with British female sex offenders, said its studies confirmed that a ‘fair proportion’ of child abusers were women.” I think there’s a double-standard on what constitutes “abuse,” which affects the numbers, too.