These aftereffects are not inevitable for a victim; nor could anyone rightly excuse wrong conduct solely on the grounds of having been assaulted in the past. Abuse does not predestine its victims to be immoral or delinquent; nor does it dissolve all their personal responsibility for the choices they make later in life. But these common outcomes for victims are real dangers. They add urgency to the question, How can we protect children from molestation?
Okay.. lets look at this above quote ... when they say abuse does not predestine its victims to be immoral or delinquent.. then why do they judge rape victims as immoral or delinquent ?
"Don't ever tell. It will be our secret." "No one would believe you." "If you tell, your parents will hate you. They'll know it was your fault." | | "Don't you want to be my special friend anymore?" "You don't want me to go to jail, do you?" "I'll kill your parents if you tell." |
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AFTER using children to satisfy perverted lusts, after robbing them of their security and their sense of innocence, child molesters still want something else from their victimsSILENCE. To secure that silence, they use shame, secrecy, even outright terror. Children are thus robbed of their best weapon against abusethe will to tell, to speak up and ask an adult for protection
Now this is sick.. the double standard here. So we go to them for assistance for what ? They apparently are not going to take the steps to protect the victim. An which one of these methods above, they don't use ? Out right terror, shame, secrecy, to silence the victim. So they don't bring reproach upon Jehovah and his Organization? An how do they KNOW that they are THEE Organization of JEHOVAH's ? ( A little off subject I know, but it brings up alot of questions).
Tragically, adult society often unwittingly collaborates with child abusers. How so? By refusing to be aware of this danger, by fostering a hush-hush attitude about it, by believing oft-repeated myths. Ignorance, misinformation, and silence give safe haven to abusers, not their victims.
For example, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops concluded recently that it was a "general conspiracy of silence" that allowed gross child abuse to persist among the Catholic clergy for decades. Time magazine, in reporting on the widespread plague of incest, also cited a "conspiracy of silence" as a factor that "only helps perpetuate the tragedy" in families.
Um.. shouldn't it say .. tragically the SOCIETY collaborates with child abusers. What about the "general conspiracy of silence" that allows gross child abuse to persist among the WTS Eldership & KH for decades. This article apparently is one sided and is a smoke screen for the WTS. It addresses the "problem" by making it look like everyone else's issue but their own.
Xandria
