I am also curious as to the silence regarding the rather abnormal childhood. What role his parents, peers, etc. I would think there is a lot of good stuff here for Developmental classes. Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 peter...@svsu.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: tay...@sandiego.edu To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:39:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [tips] Michael Jackson phenomenon I am fascinated with society's fascination with the death of Michael Jackson. Here is a man who had serious mental problems as evidenced in his putative pedophilia, body dysmorphic disorder and gender identity confusion. Yet people are remembering his life as if none of that existed. All of that is washed away. If it was ANYONE else on the entire planet and had only his putative history of pedophilia none of this hoopla would be happening. Granted he had great musical and dance talent. But even watching the snippets of video that had been released from his practice dance sessions for his upcoming tour, well, he seemed to dance like an old man--which is what he was becoming and surely was prematurely physically old, given how poorly he had taken care of his body over the years--cleary seemed to suffer from some form of anorexia, along with some kind of body dysmorphic disorder. So how do we explain away all the bad behavior and explain how people who seem to dismiss all the bad? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
