"Dear Prudie" slaps down pedophilia hysteria.

Mitschu · 2012-06-08T22:23:22+00:00

Fascinating, here's another "Dear Prudie" article in which she advises a woman (who regretted getting drunk and wanted to pursue rape charges) to not ruin a man's life because of her own drinking problems.

Prudence identifies as a feminist. Mind. Blown.

Trying to ruin someone else's life is a poor way to address one's alcohol and self-control problems. Since her first version of the story is that she was ashamed of her behavior, and since you have seen her knee-walking drunk on other occasions, it sounds as if she wants to punish the guy at the bar for her own poor choices.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2012/01/hooking_up_drunk_should_my_friend_call_her_one_night_stand_a_rape_.html

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2012-06-09T14:56:08+00:00

She can still go full retard from time to time. She also believes that there are more male molesters than female. I've linked to it here before.

curioussser · 2012-06-08T23:38:06+00:00

Many child molesters are caught via 'hunches' and 'gut feelings' on the parts of caregivers or teachers. It's much less common that a child comes out and says "I am being molested" or actual molestation is witnessed by an adult.

I'm not sure that this is pedophilia hysteria. If he's making the older daughter the subject of personalized gifts while neglecting the other children that seems like a pretty clear warning sign. Not evidence. Not a call to the police. But a warning sign.

If you're going to dismiss every gut feeling you get about a predator (male or female), then you're significantly decreasing your chances of protecting your children from sexual predation.

What she describes is how it starts. Not always. Not every time. But sometimes this is how sexual molestation starts: special, but innocent, gifts. Maybe in a little while she starts to get private gifts. And then he moves on to giving her private attention no one else should know about.

Even Prudie says this at the end:

Insist that your parents agree your children will never be alone with anyone else or out of their sight.

As for the other link you posted: there is not enough information for anyone to go on to say the things Prudie said. We don't know what actually happened that night - all of that is up to the woman to decide on her own.

Title	"Dear Prudie" slaps down pedophilia hysteria.
Author	Mitschu
Upvotes	55
Comments	27
Date	June 8, 2012 6:54 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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