On Apr 9, 2:49 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps it does matter. Boys and men tend to be more sexually
> aggressive than girls and women,
I do not agree, and think this may be your opinion. In my experience,
girls acting out sexually are just as aggressive. I advocated for
children during the first ten years of my professional career, and
have some experience here.
>
> Nor does a child acting out sexually necessarily indicate a sexual
> violation or abuse has taken place.
Again, I suspect that this is your opinion, and suggest you get more
information and experience in the matter. You are blaming the victim
here.
>
> As to whether that acting out would justify a response, well, in
> today's emotional and irrational mindset many have regarding the
> issue, I'd have to say there would be no justified response because it
> would do no more than to place the child in the emotional chains of
> shame, guilt and despair.
one good step
But I can conceive of a much healthier
> environment where it would possibly be permissible to respond in
> kind. It just doesn't exist at this time.
As Francis suggests, this kind of interaction with children interferes
with their psychological development. A healthy environment provides
safety and support for children. There is no response by and adult in
kind that would not traumatize them further except respectful refusal
of sexual interaction and support of the psychological process that
brings the child to the moment and perhaps the psychoanalysis that
would allow them to move beyond the behavior into a more self
respecting frame of mind.
>
> On Apr 9, 11:03 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > boy or girl, does it matter? children who act out sexually do so
> > because they have been violated in this way. But as a question of
> > morality, would their approach justify any response to it?
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