Louis, One situation certainly does not "rationalize away" the other. If we knew *exactly *what caused the difference in responses, we'd have a goldmine. But as with almost all behavior, it can get complicated.
Certainly we have some sound ideas that include the sometimes-obvious: a mentor, a caring relative, the age of the child at the abuse, the length of the abuse, the severity of the abuse, patterns of addiction (in abuser and abused) and now, of course, some exciting new research about genes that may help make a person more resilient. Beth Benoit On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Louis E. Schmier <lschm...@valdosta.edu>wrote: > > > Beth, what, then, explains for the difference of responses since you seem > to use the latter of your examples to rationalize away the former. > > Make it a good day > > -Louis- > > > Louis Schmier http://www.the > randomthoughts.edublogs.org > Department of History > http://www.therandomthoughts.com > Valdosta State University > Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ > /\ > (O) 229-333-5947 /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ > / \ > (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / > \ /\ \ > //\/\/ /\ > \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ > /\"If you want to climb > mountains,\ /\ > _ / \ don't practice on mole > hills" - / \_ > > On Aug 30, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > > Allen Esterson writes: > > "I don't know what the situation is in the States, but the notion that > violent people will very likely have had an abusive childhood is > frequently expressed in the media in the UK." > > It's the same here in the States, Allen. The first thing people generally > say about an abuser is that "he/she was probably abused as a kid too." I > address this notion in my classes all the time: That while the abuser might > have been abused himself/herself as a child, it can also be the case that an > an adult who was abused says, "I will *never* do to a child what was done > to me." > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: lschm...@valdosta.edu. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42440&n=T&l=tips&o=4511 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4511-13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=4512 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4512-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4513 or send a blank email to leave-4513-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
