First another OT warning. As I said in my previous post; I'm more concerned about the children. Most of you probably know that I work as a social worker, and much of my work is with abused children.
What I experience is that the one of main problems for abused children is that they are filled with fear and that their ability to trust people is seriously damaged. With this in mind, it is kind of absurd that society and parent in their effort to protect their children fill them with fear, telling them not to trust fellow human beings. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23. oktober 2005 18:00 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing > > There are female pedophiles as well, however women don't invoke the same > suspicion as men, and there are the stories of women stealing an others > child to raise it as their own, (sometimes from the womb, interesting > case of that in the news lately, the victim survived). The fact is that > pedophiles (and other predators), are a small percentage of the > population as a whole, seeing them as being male just reinforces a > stereotype, almost as much as seeing them hiding behind every tree, > (with or without a camera). > > Bob Shell wrote: > > > > > On Sunday, October 23, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > > > >> Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that pedophile men (or woman) do not > >> exist, or don't represent a problem. > >> In my work as a social worker, I know they do. But I am afraid that > >> the way > >> we are treating this problem, we are doing a lot of harm towards the > >> children we are protecting. > > > > > > I don't think any responsible person would try to pretend that > > pedophiles do not exist. But, equally, we must realize what a small > > percentage of the male population they are. Scaring children of all > > men is not justified by the facts, and I am sure it is very harmful to > > the children. Children need both male and female contact if they are > > to develop into healthy, balanced adults. > > > > Bob > > > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible > > worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." -- James Clabell in 1926 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). >
