Tuesday, May 3, 2011

MYTH - Children are sexually provocative. http://parenting.families.com/blog/the-myths-and-facts-about-incest-and-child-sexual-assault

MYTH - Children are sexually provocative.
http://parenting.families.com/blog/the-myths-and-facts-about-incest-and-child-sexual-assault
FACT- There is an enormous difference between sexual provocation and the natural love and affection which children display to adults who are close to them. Some men choose to abuse children's displays of affection by turning them into an excuse for sexual assault. Freudian psychoanalytic theory has erroneously given credence to the myth that girls secretly want to have sex with their fathers. However, in reality the offender actively initiates incest. It is accompanied by the use of force, bribery or coercion as well as the child's ignorance and confusion about what is happening, shame, fear, and dependence on their family. Children have the right to be able to trust older people to treat them properly, whatever their behaviour

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