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From: Barb Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 4:22 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Pedophiles Being Mainstreamed
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>Subject: Fwd: Fw: Pedophiles Being Mainstreamed
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>This article is long, but quite important. The American Psychological
>Association's latest revelation is that its previous insights were flawed.
But
>they now will ask that we accept their opinion de jour as reliable -- even
>infallible. Please note that there is no scientific basis for this latest,
>flawed vision. As a matter of fact, there is no scientific basis for the
>fundaments of psychiatry and psychology. It is just another PFTA (Plucked
From
>Thin Air) "religion." Yet it has legal standing in the courts of law in
this
>country.
>
>The legitimacy of this modern superstition should be attacked in the
>legislatures of the Country. Courts should be prohibited from basing legal
>decisions on a non-science masquerading as a science.
>
>Here's the article. Hold on to your little boys.
>
>Harvey
> ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
>The Wanderer
>March 4, 1999
>
>APA Pushed For
>Public Acceptance of Pedophilia
>
>LOS ANGELES -- Brace yourself for the public promotion of pedophilia.
>
>Despite growing understanding of the deep and permanent psychological scars
>caused by childhood sexual abuse, the American Psychological Association
(APA)
>is beating the drums for public approval of the benefits of pedophilia,
based
>on a pseudo-professional, pseudo-academic analysis of the benefits of
>pedophilia for both the child-victim and adult perpetrator.
>
>A team of academics from Temple University has endorsed the view that
>adult-child sexual relations are beneficial for the child and adult and
>recommends overhauling and euphemizing the language of sexual abuse to
purge
>society of its innate loathing of what is considered "the last taboo."
>
>The December newsletter of the National association on Research and Therapy
of
>Homosexuality (NARTH) revealed that the prestigious Psychological Bulletin
of
>the APA has conferred its waning prestige on advocates of adult-child sex.
>
>For thousands of years, cultures formed in the Judeo-Christian tradition
have
>held pedophilia to be legally, socially, and morally wrong. Since the rise
of
>the mental health profession in the last century, that profession has
viewed
>pedophilia as psychologically disordered.
>
>Long considered a taboo subject, the cause for pedophilia entered the
>mainstream in the 1960's through NAMBLA -- the North American Man-Boy Love
>Association. In 1990, the highly respected Journal of Homosexuality
produced a
>special double issue devoted to adult-child sex, which was entitled "Male
>Intergenerational Intimacy."
>
>One article said that many pedophiles believe they are "born that way and
>cannot change." Another writer said a man who counseled troubled teenage
boys
>could achieve "miracles not by preaching to them, but by sleeping with
them."
>The loving pedophile can offer a "companionship, security, and protection"
>which neither peers nor parents can provide.
>
>These arguments were, incidentally, put forward by Dr. Richard Isay at the
>1997
>New Ways Ministry conference in Pittsburgh.
>
>Parents, one of the articles said, should look upon the pedophile who loves
>their son "not as a rival or competitor, not as a thief of their property,
but
>as a partner in the boy's upbringing, someone to be welcomed into their
home."
>
>A British university professor wrote: "Boys want sex with men, boys seduce
>adult men, the experience is very common and much enjoyed." A professor of
>social science at the State University of New York says that he looks
forward
>to the day when Americans will "get over their hysteria about child abuse"
and
>child pornography.
>
>The APA Article
>
>The Psychological Bulletin's report supporting pedophilia, published last
>July,
>was written by Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch, and Robert Bauserman of
Temple
>University's Department of Psychology.
>
>Their article, titled "A Meta-Analytical Examination of Assumed Properties
of
>Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples," provides an overview of all the
>research studying the harm resulting from childhood sexual abuse.
>
>The authors' conclusion?
>
>Childhood sexual abuse is, on average, only slightly associated with
>psychological harm -- and the harm may not be due to the sexual experience,
>but
>to the negative family factors in the children's backgrounds. When the
sexual
>contact is not coerced, especially when it is experienced by a boy and is
>enjoyed, it may not be harmful at all.
>
>The authors of the article propose that psychologists stop using judgmental
>terms like "child abuse," "molestation," and "victims," using instead
neutral,
>value-free terms like "adult-child sex."
>
>Similarly, they say, we should not talk about "the severity of the abuse,"
but
>instead refer to "the level of sexual intimacy."
>
>The authors conclude that behavior which psychotherapists commonly term
>"abuse"
>may only constitute a violation of social norms. And science, they say,
should
>separate itself from social-moral terminology.
>
>Religion and society, these writers argue, are free to judge behavior as
they
>wish, but psychiatry should evaluate behavior by its own set of standards.
>
>Moving Ahead
>
>NARTH has previously disclosed that the APA is quietly working toward a
>revision of its position on pedophilia. According to the latest diagnostic
>manual (DSMIV), a person no longer has a psychological disorder simply
because
>he molests children.
>
>To be diagnosed as disordered, now he must also feel anxious about the
>molestation, or be impaired in his work or social relationships. Thus the
APA
>has left room for the "psychologically normal" pedophile.
>
>If psychology indeed recognizes consensual pedophilia as harmless, then
civil
>law and social norms will be under pressure to follow the lead of social
>science as indeed they did on the issue of homosexuality.
>
>When psychiatry declared homosexuality normal, courts and theologians began
to
>re-write both civil law and moral theology based on what psychiatry said it
>had
>discovered through the medium of empirical science.
>
>As psychiatry is increasingly detached from any traditional moral
absolutes,
>more and more bizarre practices are tolerated -- opinions such as those
>expressed by a world-renowned, Johns Hopkins University professor, the
>sexologist and population control advocate Dr. john Money:
>
>"If I were to see the case of a boy aged 10 or 11 who's intensely
erotically
>attracted toward a man in his 20s or 30s, if the relationship is totally
>mutual, and the bonding is genuinely totally mutual, then I would not call
it
>pathological in any way.
>
>The Role Of Fiction
>
>Popular homosexual and lesbian fiction often portrays adult-child sexual
>relationships as fondly remembered -- tender "coming-of-age" stories.
>
>Much of this fiction is clearly pornographic. It is aimed specifically at
>teenagers and is recommended to them on reading lists distributed by gay
>advocacy groups such as P-FLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays),
or
>offered to them in some public school libraries.
>
>Despite the push for acceptance of pedophilia, legitimate experts in the
field
>of sexual abuse continue to warn of the scarring effects of pedophiliac
>activity on the children.
>
>Dutch psychologist Gerard van den Aardweg points out that "noncoerced" sex
>is a
>misnomer because there is always an element of coercion -- involving a
misuse
>of adult authority, and a misuse of the child's need for affection. If a
>researcher sees no harm, "it may be because he is using the wrong glasses,
not
>because there is nothing to see."
>
>Even adult-child sex which is mutually enjoyed, he says, is always n
intrinsic
>injustice to the integrity of the person.
>
>Dr. David Finkelhor, a leading U.S. researcher in the field of child sexual
>abuse, similarly disputes the conclusions of pedophile advocates.
>
>He describes some of the consequences of childhood seduction: confusion
about
>sexual identity and sexual norms; inability to differentiate sex from love;
>confusion between care-getting and care-giving, with lowered respect for
adult
>authority; guilt, shame, anxiety, lowered self-esteem, depression,
>vulnerability to drug and alcohol abuse, and impaired ability to judge the
>trustworthiness of others.
>
>There is also often an age-inappropriate sexual knowledge, and sex acts
>sometimes compulsively re-enacted with other children.
>
>Victims of sex abuse also appear to be at higher risk for suicide, and may
>repeat the sexual abuse in adulthood, in order to gain a feeling of
>psychological mastery over the experience. Children who experience
prolonged
>abuse are more likely to view the abuse as positive or neutral, suggesting
>that
>as the molestation continues, children eventually identify with the
molester.
>
>[This article is an edited and abridged version of the NARTH report
published
>in December. For the complete article, call NARTH at 818-789-4440.]
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