It's easy and safe to blame "fundamentalist Christians" for what happen in the USA, and consequently, elsewhere during the 1980s and early 1990s. However, as Debbie Nathan (a feminist) points out in her work, feminism was at least equally culpable for the entire sexual abuse and satanic abuse panics.
If anyone recalls, Gloria Steinham was an ardent support of Bennett Braun (who lost his professional credentials for perpetuating, apparently for financial gain, the supposed connection between "satanic abuse" and "mpd" ) and she created a cover for Ms. Magazine which read in lurid colors, "Satanic Abuse: Believe it, it's Real!" Paul Okami ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Scoles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Satanic abuse scandal http://www.wm3.org/live/sp/document.php?type=3&document_Id=19 Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/13/06 11:55 PM >>> Subject: From: "Allen Esterson" Interestingly, while I believe such scares in the States are fuelled by evangelistic Christian organizations, this is rarely the case in the more secular UK Jim G asks: What are "evangelistic Christian organizations" and what specific evidence do we have for this claim? --- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
