Catching Ducks

I caught a glimpse of the front page of one of the Seattle papers this morning. One headline proclaimed "Gay Sex Scandal". The sub-headline (is there a name for that?) indicated that a man had been sexually molesting young boys. While that's awful, it's not gay. Apparently the brilliant journalist types couldn't spell "pedophile". I find it really frustrating that people confuse the two.

Imagine if the pedophile had been molesting girls. Would the headline have said "Straight Sex Scandal"? Hell, no. Maybe "Sex Scandal", but that usually implies grown-ups. (The local pastor has a mistress, the sheriff's been visiting a brothel, that sort of thing.) But since it's a male pedophile abusing young boys, it's a "gay" sex scandal.

Grrr...