On 14 January Paul Okami wrote [snip]: > It's easy and safe to blame "fundamentalist Christians" for what happen in > the USA, and consequently, elsewhere during the 1980s and early 1990s. > However, as Debbie Nathan (a feminist) points out in her work, feminism was > at least equally culpable for the entire sexual abuse and satanic abuse > panics.
One of the main campaigners on the alleged reality of satanic ritual abuse in the UK is the feminist Beatrix Campbell, Visiting Professor of Women's Studies at Newcastle University: "While concerns about the occult might seem more in keeping with religious conservatism, especially coming from the USA, in fact the uncovering of child abuse had become a feminist, even left-wing cause, and the idea that sinister things were going on behind the closed doors of the family had a certain resonance even beyond the lunatic fringe. The former Communist and noted feminist Beatrix Campbell wrote a series of articles and made a Channel 4 Dispatches programme promoting the myth more enthusiastically than any American evangelist group or salacious tabloid." http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAF17.htm See also: http://www.saff.ukhq.co.uk/bcamp.htm Allen Esterson ---------------------------------------- Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:31:48 -0500 Author: "Paul Okami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Satanic abuse scandal > It's easy and safe to blame "fundamentalist Christians" for what happen in > the USA, and consequently, elsewhere during the 1980s and early 1990s. > However, as Debbie Nathan (a feminist) points out in her work, feminism was > at least equally culpable for the entire sexual abuse and satanic abuse > panics. > > If anyone recalls, Gloria Steinham was an ardent support of Bennett Braun > (who lost his professional credentials for perpetuating, apparently for > financial gain, the supposed connection between "satanic abuse" and "mpd" ) > and she created a cover for Ms. Magazine which read in lurid colors, > "Satanic Abuse: Believe it, it's Real!" > > Paul Okami > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Scoles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: Satanic abuse scandal > > > http://www.wm3.org/live/sp/document.php?type=3&document_Id=19 > > Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling > University of Central Arkansas > Conway, AR 72035 > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/13/06 11:55 PM >>> > Subject: From: "Allen Esterson" > > Interestingly, while I believe such scares in the States are fuelled by > evangelistic Christian organizations, this is rarely the case in the more > secular UK > > Jim G asks: > What are "evangelistic Christian organizations" and what specific evidence > do we have for this claim? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
