On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Paul Okami went:
I sincerely hope that all those who support the 26,000 figure also support Rind et al.'s findings that child sexual abuse is a largely benign phenomenon, with some exceptions. After all, it was published in a scientific journal, wasn't it?
Rind et al.--wasn't that the study in which child sexual abuse was defined to include all instances of erotic contact between minors and nonminors, e.g. a 17-year-old boy and a 25-year-old woman? Should it really be controversial to conclude that such encounters might not leave emotional scars?
Yes, I support Rind et al.'s findings. It's only the title of their paper that was needlessly provocative.
--David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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