Thanks Larry, it was the APA references and studies that threw me. All right, I'll pin this one in with the other deluge of tinfoil-hat articles I've had passed on to me over the years. Sometimes they're fun to talk about (with a chuckle), sometimes there's a nugget of truth in them but not this one.
Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Start here: > > http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/12/02/final-dsm-5-approved-by-american-psychiatric-association/ > > The only change in the definition of pedophilia is as follows: > > "Pedophilic disorder criteria will remain unchanged from DSM-IV, but the > disorder name will be revised from pedophilia to pedophilic disorder." This > is a much better clinical and empirically based label. > > From the sounds of the article you cited (I noticed that world net daily > has also been hysterically upset) its another manufactured tempest.I find > this paragraph very telling > > "In 1998 The APA issued a report claiming that the negative potential of > adult sex with children was overstated and that the vast majority of > both men and women reported no negative sexual effects from childhood > sexual abuse experiences. " > > That is very incorrect. I'm not going to go into the thing, except to say > that the APA reacted very badly at the time in withdrawing its support for > the article, something it later acknowledged. The they reference was a > meta-analysis of the impact of sexual abuse on later mental well being. The > meta-analysis found that kids tend to be very resilient. They were not > eternally damaged goods as was the mantra of those of a moralistic bent. > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 9:52 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > I find myself in the odd position of having been presented with a "news" > > article by a conservative/right-wing site that I would prefer not to be > > true. As someone that has used the term "slippery slope" on more than > one > > occasion I knew that it was one of the eventual possible extensions of > > other events. As a father it churns my stomach and makes me want to > > scream, "are you all insane?!" > > > > Gut-churn warning... this article is about kids, pedophiles and civil > > rights. If you have problems with those three concepts being mixed, DO > NOT > > CONTINUE. In all honesty I am looking for a reason NOT to talk about > this > > on my podcast. > > > > > > > http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2013/07/it-begins-pedophiles-call-for-same-rights-as-homosexuals-2687228.html > > > > I'm not going to copy/paste content from the article... simply put there > > are advocates for normalizing pedophilia (and all other ilia's) as yet > > another sexual orientation which would be then covered by the broad-term > > anti-discrimination and hate crime protection laws that have been passed. > > > > There are references to APA findings, speeches by lawmakers, professors > and > > other organizations. > > > > Somebody please - tell me this is conspiracy theory and not actually > > happening. > > > > Until Later! > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some > > smelting to find it. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366287 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
