Sex Abuse Hysteria - Salem Witch Trials Revisited

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CHAPTERS HEADINGS:

1. The basic sex abuse problem: p.1
2. The normal fantasies of childhood: p.9
3. Sex abuse prevention programs: p.15
4. The ubiquity of environmental sexual stimuli: p.19
5. The parental contribution: p.23
• Vicarious gratification: p.25
• Projection: p.26
• Reaction formation: p.30
• Voyeurism: p.31
• Release of anger: p.31
• Displacement of blame: p.35
• Suggestibility and the mass hysteria phenomenon: p.37
• Greed: p.42
• The "Validators" and other examiners: p.45
• The children: p.91
• The parental impact prior to the first interview: p.92
• Caveats regarding the first interview: p.92
• Children *are* liars: p.92
• Ingratiation to adult authorities: p.94
• The-keeping-up-with-the-joneses phenomenon: p.94
• Notoriety: p.95
• The progressive elaboration of the accusations: p.95
• Physicians: p.99
• Prosecutors: p.103
• Judges: p.105
• Lawyers: p.109
• The so-called therapists: p.111
• Society: p.115
• Exaggerated reactions to pedophilia: p.115
• Public media: p.120
• Fanatic feminists: p.121
• The alleged devil worshipers: p.122
• Additional social factors: p.125
• The salem witchcraft trials: p.127
• A historical review: p.127
• Similarities between the late-twentieth-century sex abuse hysteria and the salem witchcraft hysteria: p.131
• The major differences between the salem witch trials and our twentieth-century sex abuse hysteria: p.139

 

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