[lbo-talk] Irish priests beat, raped children

heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri May 22 07:22:32 PDT 2009


The categories of emotional abuse within the the NSPCC's report range from 'psychological controls', which include factors like 'mother unpredictable', through to 'proxy attacks', which include 'parent got rid of your pet'. Other categories include 'psycho/physical control and domination'; 'humiliation', for example 'shouted or screamed at regularly over the years'; 'withdrawal', for example 'given too little attention as a child'; 'antipathy', for example 'father disliked you'; and finally 'terrorising', for example 'sometimes really afraid of father/mother'.

None of those are things that parents would be proud of, but most I know have done something like it from time to time. I guess that makes us all abusers.



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