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Appalling. I think we need to examine the types of social structures that can be exploited to allow situations like this to happen. For example it seems to me
by fouc 5y ago
Appalling. I think we need to examine the types of social structures that can be exploited to allow situations like this to happen.
For example it seems to me that it's too easy for people near the top of hierarchical structures to enable and abet all sorts of abuses. In a way, this sexologist created his own hierarchy within a larger structure, which enabled him to avoid oversight.
- pstuart 5y ago> I think we need to examine the types of social structures that can be exploited to allow situations like this to happen. "Trust but verify" should be baked into every public power structure; with an emphasis on the "verify" part being game-able and constantly evolving.
- KwisatzHaderack 5y ago> I think we need to examine the types of social structures that can be exploited to allow situations like this to happen. The article attributed this type of thing happening under the guise of "preventing fascism", which is very understandable for post-WW2 Germans. Kentler claimed that fascism was caused by repressed sexual desires. Therefore, de-stigmatizing all forms of sexual desires, even pedophilia, would prevent another Holocaust. In that sense, this wasn't the result of social structures per se, but unique to that period of German history.