Statistics

I found this website with lots of shocking statistics and facts. I was looking for whether boys or girl are abused more and this is what I found:

Rate at which boys become victims vs. girls: Nearly the same (48.5% male vs. 51.2% female)

 So it doesn't really matter if I use a male or female character but maybe a boy is best because it shows that it does happen to boys too.

http://www.safehorizon.org/index/what-we-do-2/child-abuse--incest-55/child-abuse-statistics--facts-304.html