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Point noted. Though I still stand by my personal observation that child abuse == stunted/warped/damaged development in the psyche; which can cause [unknown] pr

• ErrantX 16y ago
  Yep, can't dispute that as a reasonable thesis (there are studies IIRC, though my reading on this was nearly 2 years ago when I started my current job). I'm desperately trying to find a really interesting paper I do remember where the author posited that, actually, people abused in childhood were less likely to manifest as pedophiles in adult life. He claimed this was because "normal" childhood sexual abuse does create an initial emotional attachment (which you would expect to make such relationships acceptable to the subject, Stockholm syndrome style) but that later on in adulthood this usually adapted to dislike and hatred at their treatment. I think the argument was that abused children were more likely to manifest as sociopaths and take a more violent path, particularly against adults. The argument was pretty persuasive, and the evidence relatively solid, but I can't find it :(