Hi Linda,
Thanks - I was confusing the word ritual with belief systems and you meaning rituals as in acts people do repeatly as a private type ritual. Now we are on the same page!!
Trisah
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Exactly right. The way I've explained it to groups is that the ritual
becomes the repetitive act whatever that is. If the abuser locks you
in the closet, holds a knife to your throat and then abuses you the
repeated locking in the closet, or knife threat becomes part of the
ritual. Also in families that attribute everything good to god and
everything bad to satan it is easier for the child to believe it is
satan than dad whom the child is dependent on for their very life.
Alternatively the abusers themselves often say this is not me, it is
satan in me. The perpetrator can also believe it is satan in him.
And then there is the really horrible stuff where people like group
sex and dress up and there are clubs in every city where you can go
to access this type of sex
called bondage and dominance. The themes that are prominent are the
authoritarian ones like the priest and the little girl or the cop or
satan, so why people cannot grasp that this can happen also to
children does not make sense to me. The fact is we do a lousy job of
protecting children whether they are disabled or not.
At 08:45 AM 11/22/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Linda,
>
> I think people challenged the idea of satanic ritual abuse - that one =
>hasn't been proven - so people are saying there is no such thing- I =
>think one needs to define ritual abuse so people know exactly what it =
>entails -=20
>
> Trisha
>
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>Of Linda Walker
>Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:39 PM
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>Subject: Re: A New Slant on the Law and Polygamy
>
>
>The story was all over the news last night. A big story even with the=20
>news events regarding Iraq and Iran. I think the American public is=20
>getting the idea. The newscasters that heard the young womans'=20
>testimony were visibly shaken and talking about it a new and more=20
>disgusted way. He is on trial for accessory to rape which carries the=20
>same sentence as rape but we have seen these guys get light sentences=20
>and the parole board pardon them for good behavior before so I am=20
>still skeptical of Utah. He arranged for her incest, and rape at 14=20
>as a religious rite and that is ritual abuse although in a talk l=20
>gave recently people still challenged me that there is no such thing=20
>as ritual abuse.
>
>At 07:32 AM 11/22/2006, you wrote:
> >Linda et. al,
> >
> >I was in my eye doctor's office this morning, reading our local paper, =
>and
> >glanced at the headline on an article about the Jeffs trial. The =
>headline
> >referred to it as an "arranged marriage." So even if the elections are
> >over, we're still being subjected to "spin-doctors"
> >
> >We don't have cable, but will be going to visit my parents for =
>Thanksgiving,
> >so I'll check out Catherine Crier there.
> >
> >Kendall
> >
> >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >
> >The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> >persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all =
>progress
> >depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> >-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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