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- Path: sparky!uunet!acd4!TEFS1!wdo
- From: wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck)
- Subject: Re: Punishing women...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.192921.15186@acd4.acd.com>
- Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:29:21 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In <7888@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> smithmc@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu
- (Lost Boy) writes: >
- In article <1992Jul20.182518.19957@pwcs.stpaul.gov> chrisl@stpaul.gov
- (Chris A Lyman) writes: >>
-
- >><extreme satirical mode ON>
- >>
- >>Gosh, maybe this is an effective way to promote
- >>wholesome traditional family values!
- >
- >><extreme satirical mode OFF>
-
- >You ever notice how parents who want to encourage family values usually
- >do it by beating the Hell out of their children and mentally torturing
- >them in to submission?
- >
- > Many people who I met who come from conservative
- > Christian households are in therapy because they were beaten so badly;
- > in many cases these people were also sexually abused by their parents.
-
- Most victims of abuse that I've dealt with in therapy come from families
- with no religious affilition whatsoever.
-
- > Don't believe me?
-
- I certainly believe you know such people (as do I), but to even imply
- that they represent a majority of those in treatment for abuse is in-
- correct. The most common theme in abusive families is alcohol and
- substance abuse, not religious "disclipline".
-
- > Just ask your local homeless teenager how s/he ended
- > up on the streets. Or ask your local teenage prostitute how they ended
- > up as a prostitute. They're the victims of many people's Family Values.
-
- What a ludicrous assertion. You really have no idea.
-
- Bill
-