[lit-ideas] Re: Soap Opera Politics
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:39:21 -0400
That's how most people feel, that sexual touching between adult and child
is okay. Mental health and law enforcement professionals don't think that.
Talk to any CPS (Child Protective Services) worker and they will tell you
that one of the first things they screen for is inappropriate touching. An
adult's mouth on a child's privates (or vice versa) would qualify in this
country as grounds for incarceration of the adult as a sex offender. If it
were done by a parent it would qualify as grounds for removal of the child
and incarceration of the parent as sex offender. These are not my ideas.
This is the reality of CPS. Sexual touching of child by adult is
considered by the mental health profession to be the worst possible
violation of a child, on par and perhaps worse than physical abuse. If
what happened to that child happened to an adult, what do you think would
happen, at least here in this country? However, because it happened to a
child, it's considered harmless. That's why the world is such a mess.
> [Original Message]
> From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/28/2006 10:14:56 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Soap Opera Politics
>
> Haven't read the novel, but Webb's explanation of what he saw didn't
> strike me as abuse. Perhaps it's just a cultural misreading. The son
> is safe. His privates are safe. The future is safe.
> Odd. But probably not abuse (as we usually use that term).
> Ursula
>
> Andy Amago wrote:
>
> > He says that he saw the father-son scene. I believe him. Sexual
> > abuse of children around the world is rampant. Here in the U.S. we
> > know it's a crime, but in other countries it's business as usual,...
>
>
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