Thesis: During the Byzantine Empire, child sexual abuse was more prevalent and less stigmatized than it is today.
In researching the children of a time period you can learn a lot about the culture and happenings of that time. When researching the Byzantine children, an issue of regular presence is that of abuse. This should make one ponder the idea that, in researching children of today, it is unlikely that the issue of abuse is what will present as the prominent idea of the information you find. This leads to the hypothesis that in Byzantium, child sexual abuse was more prevalent and less stigmatized than it is today.
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