Re: Rind report horrors

" Perhaps the harm will be difficult to measure because it is subtle and values-laden. Maybe the molested boy will grow up to routinely sexualize his same-sex relationships. Maybe he'll have difficulty with marriage and mature intimacy. Maybe he'll not only have a distorted concept of gender differences, but a distorted understanding of generational distinctions as well--which could lead to the molested boy's sexualizing of his own mentoring relationships when he grows to adulthood.

In fact, the molested child who has been hurt the most, in a moral and characterological sense, may actually be the one who grows up as an adult who truly believes--and who reports to researchers (as many of those found by the Rind study did, in fact, state) that they "remember the relationship positively."

But these harms are difficult for psychology to measure. Perhaps, indeed, many of the deepest characterological harms to the child--and to the perpetrator--are outside of contemporary psychology's understanding. So, in a curious twist, maybe the APA--in saying pedophilia was "morally wrong"-- was right."

LOL, I love it! This is exactly why I point out that there is a lot of mysticism surrounding these issues. This is the perfect example, where the child who had the happiest experience, by virtue of the magical nature of sex, is really the most harmed. And love is hate. And war is peace. It's all so Orwellian. I just adore the convoluted knots these people twist themselves into to hold onto their precious narrative of de facto harm.