|
Sidebar:
MassNews Was First to Report on Normalization
of Pedophilia
February
15, 2001
When
the psychologists and psychiatrists of America
surfaced in their campaign to normalize pedophilia in 1999,
Massachusetts News was one of the first to alert the public.
As
a result of the publicity, there was a unanimous condemnation
of the psychologists by Congress which resulted in an apology
from the psychologists.
However,
here in Massachusetts our story resulted in severe hostility from
the liberal establishment and a rally against us in Newton. All
of the city’s officialdom, the Mayor, Superintendent of Schools,
state Senator, a member of the state’s Discrimination Commission
and many others joined with homosexual activists and teachers
to denounce the paper. This was what caused us to begin a print
edition in addition to our website. It was apparent that the media
would never allow us to tell the truth unless we did it ourselves.
What
we had reported was that the American Psychological Association
had published a study indicating that pedophilia can have a positive
influence on a child. It said we must eliminate the use of “judgmental
terms” such as “child abuse,” “molestation,” and “victims.” We
should use neutral, value-free terms like “adult-child sex.” We should not talk about “the severity of the abuse,”
but instead refer to “the level of sexual intimacy.”
The
APA attempted to distance itself from the article by saying that
the publication of such a study does not imply an endorsement.
“We are a scientific organization, and we publish a lot of scientific
literature and we try to create a lot of dialogue,” said a spokeswoman.
She said that any attempt to build a bridge “between this study
and so-called attempt to normalize pedophilia is ridiculous.
The APA is on the record time and time again to protect
children and to protect the integrity of families.
It is clear to us that child sexual abuse is harmful.”
However,
the article, which was printed in the Psychological Bulletin,
was clear. It stated that the “negative potential” of sexual abuse
has “been overstated.” Forty-two
percent of the male college students viewed their sexual involvement
as positive when looking back on it.
Between 24-37% of the men saw it as a positive influence
on their current sex lives.
The
authors of the study believed that pedophilia is not a moral problem:
“Classifying a behavior as abuse simply because it is generally
viewed as immoral or defined as illegal is problematic.”
A
month after its apology, the American Psychological Association
printed another disturbing article which said that fathers are
not “essential” for children. Fathers may even be detrimental,
it said, because of the male tendency to consume “resources in
terms of gambling, purchasing alcohol, cigarettes, or other nonessential
commodities,” which “increase women's workload and stress.”
Political
Agenda for Socialism
The authors admitted they had a strong political agenda
saying, “We acknowledge that our reading of the scientific literature
supports our political agenda.” They said their “agenda” is to
create a socialist state such as exists in Sweden. They also said
that their motivation was the “backlash” against “the gay rights
and feminist movements.”
They
believe that any attempt to reintroduce the father into the American
culture through the use of marriage is, “an attempt to reassert
the cultural hegemony traditional values, such as heterocentrism,
Judeo-Christian marriage, and male power and privilege.”
The
arguments in the article are not new to feminists. Their goal
has always been to advocate socialism with everyone, men and women,
going to work with the children being taken care of by the government.
When
the Boy Scout case came before the Supreme Court, the APA filed
a brief against the Scouts.
Meanwhile,
the psychiatrists of the country had already sent a signal that
they too will support the “normalization” of sex with children.
Their
association, the American Psychiatric Association, very quietly
changed its diagnostic manual a few years back so that a person
no longer has a “disorder” simply because he “molests” children.
To be diagnosed as “disordered,” the psychiatrists will
look to the psyche of the
adult. If the
adult does not feel anxious about the relationship with the child
or if he is not impaired in his work or social relationships,
then he has no “disorder.”
Because
of an outcry, the psychiatrists attempted to backtrack and to
confuse journalists. They prepared a “Fact Sheet” for journalists
which presented an entirely different picture from the official
manual. It told journalists that any adult who has sex with children
is “by definition” considered to be a pedophile.
But that is not how their Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defined pedophilia
at §302.2 where it states that pedophilia is a “mental disorder”
only if it causes “clinically significant distress or impairment”
to the pedophile.
That’s
why when an article by the Weekly Standard magazine summarized
this subject recently and received great praise around the country,
we were happy to see the attention given to this important subject.
You
can read much more about this troubling topic, including the role
that Channel 2 is playing in normalizing pedophilia in Massachusetts,
by searching our website for “pedophilia.”
Main
article:
Why
Isn’t Sexual Abuse of Boy Scouts A Valid Concern?
Massachusetts News
Sidebars:
If
a Man Rapes a Boy, Is He "Homosexual"?
Massachusetts News
Pedophiles
Thrive on Silence, Says Father of Jeffrey Curly
Massachusetts
News
|
