On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:38 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote:
> > My overall problems with the article: > 1. Implies that the APA is changing pedophilia from a mental disorder based > on the recommendations of a symposium. > Stating sexual child abuse causes no harm is the first step to decriminalizing it. It was a peer reviewed study. 2. Summarizes that the 1998 APA report discredits any negative impacts of > childhood sexual abuse experiences. > Isn't that what the report claims? > 3. Implies that because an amendment to Hate Crime legislation to exclude > pedophilia from protection failed, it implicitly would allow it. > It implies supporters are using it as a bases to claim it is not a hate crime. > 4. Implies that the White House's praise of the Hate Crime bill was tacit > approval of pedophilia. > That's was a stretch 5. Makes reference to a 2010 piece by Harvard Health Publications that > states, "Pedophilia is a sexual orientation and unlikely to change." > What's your issue withe that? > 6. The IASHS comments. > > What Larry pointed out (and once I was calmed down a bit, I was able to dig > on more) the symposium referenced was ignored by the larger APA body and > the APA report was misrepresented as well... leaving out that, "The authors > concluded that even though CSA may not result in lifelong, significant harm > to all victims, this does not mean it is not morally wrong and indicated > that their findings did not imply current moral and legal prohibitions > against CSA should be changed." > Are you talking about the Rind et al study? APA still stands behind it. Throwing in the words morally wrong doesn't change the fact that they paper suggests redefining pedophilia from child-sexual-abuse to adult-child-sex. Removing the word abuse makes it less of a crime is the thinking. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:366301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
