There may be some of this going on, but the popular idea that childhood memories of sexual abuse are commonly "invented" or "confabulated" is in many cases itse

There may be some of this going on, but the popular idea that childhood memories of sexual abuse are commonly "invented" or "confabulated" is in many cases itself a false notion, actively spread by paid defenders of men accused of child abuse. The False Memory Syndrome Foundation actually dissolved today. Good thread on its efforts to bend the discussion of childhood sexual abuse here: https://twitter.com/mike_salter/status/1211442594821001216 https://twitter.com/mike_salter/status/1211442594821001216 "FMSF catalyzed a 180 degree turn in global media coverage of childhood sexual abuse so that, by the mid-1990s, news stories about CSA focused predominantly on the threat of false allegations ... The notion that CSA memories are particularly untrustworthy has become a widespread 'common sense' that destabilizes police investigations and prosecutions, and obstructs access to healthcare and social supports."