Most victims do not understand they are being victimized, because they are too young to understand sex, the perpetrators are almost always people they know and trust, and violence or penetration rarely occurs.

2010-03-18T23:00:02+00:00

What do you mean by the "trauma myth"?

The title refers to the fact that although sexual abuse is usually portrayed by professionals and the media as a traumatic experience for the victims when it happens — meaning frightening, overwhelming, painful — it rarely is. Most victims do not understand they are being victimized, because they are too young to understand sex, the perpetrators are almost always people they know and trust, and violence or penetration rarely occurs. "Confusion" is the most frequently reported word when victims are asked to describe what the experience was like. Confusion is a far cry from trauma.

True. I have spoken of this before. If people did not make such a huge deal out of abuse then the children who were abused would not let it affect them so heavily. This is much akin to what feminism has done to women - given them a victim mentality. A victim mentality solves no problems but gives the individual an excuse to fall back on to avoid any responsibility or hardships in their own lives. Child abuse is a big deal but it should not be the dominant theme in an abused child's life.

windynights · 2010-03-16T21:56:33+00:00

If we didn't have child abuse trauma we'd probably have an unemployment rate above 20%. It's a key industry and GDP contributor.

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