Posted by 64Bowtie on March 6, 2004, at 14:26:41
In reply to Question for everyone on odd parenting, posted by Elle2021 on March 6, 2004, at 2:44:28
Elle,
Please accept that taboos are social statements from some distant murky and irrefutable past, usually attemptimg to warn about inevitable dire consequences. The incest taboo and the cannibalism taboos are the most prolific. Concerning cannibalism, Kuru and Creutzfeld/Jakob are human variants of mad cow disease. No such clear message accompanies incest.
Analysts and therapists treat 50% of their female clients for the drama/trauma of their past sexaully messy pasts at the hands of some acquaintance or family member. Very Sad. Lots of denial around incest.
Onward to the point of your story. Not enough info about the incident to be positive. This is an area that men best be very careful with. The horrors on both sides from the emergence of the repressed memory therapy movement makes it clear that chilhood memories are not to be trifled with. Any parent who pushes the envelope is asking for surefire future troubles.
I have teacher friends that are about fed up with the spate of male gym teachers and Catholic priests who are being indicted almost daily. These freinds go out of their way to have extra people and witnesses around so as to head off any bad-grade reprisal assaults by teenage girls. Its become too much work to always be on gauard. So they are looking for some other career.
I'm rambling....
Rod
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