Even though nearly 90% of abuse is committed by someone the child knows and trusts -- family members and others close to the child, there is still this weird misperception that strangers and single adults are a danger. It's an inaccurate stereotype that flies directly in the face of the actual facts. If more people operated based on reason and logic instead of emotion an paranoid fantasy this world would be a much better place!
But that's where we're at. And these irrational fears are stoked by some of the most trusted members of the community: law enforcement officials, educators and the media. Two of those three directly profit from permanently-heightened fears. The other -- educators -- parrot the skewed information delivered by the other two. The perception becomes the reality. And that "reality" manifests itself as the ugliness detailed above.
LINK:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/16352430507/mob-detains-threatens-photographers-because-single-adults-are-probably-all-pedophiles.shtml