It's More Complicated Than That

Hi Myrddraal,

While I understand your position on this matter, there is another aspect you should consider. There are actually two important factors here in deciding what is best for the child; my ONLY criterion for action in a case like this.

The first seems to support your position. Given the current climate of anti-child sexuality, many, if not most children, are raised to believe that any sexual act they may engage in is going to make their parents, friends, teachers, and other significant members of their support system, hate and vilify them more than anything else they might do. And, they have good reason to believe this. From infancy, although they were born sexual, they have undergone a process of de-sexualization, designed to foster an egregious sense of guilt and shame in anything sexual. It is one thing when they do it with an agemate, who shares equally in the "blame" and the decision to go against convention. The secret is shared among equals and even if it gets out, the consequences are usually meted out within the families involved. But, if it occurs with an adult in the western world, then the secret is not only a mere hedge against punishment, it is an absolutely necessary ingredient, both to keeping the man out of prison and the child from undergoing forced victimization "thereapy".

Let's look at the other side of the coin. If you discover the activity and turn them in, in the name of respecting the law, then the man's life is without doubt ruined. This is a given. But, there is another serious consequence. Consider what happens to the child, who will most certainly become a victim of brutal psychotheraputic braiwashing, which has as its stated goal, a requirement that the child must become a "survivor". This means that the child will have to learn to hate the man she once played with, perhaps harmlessly, and with all innocence, and feel the activities they engaged in were the epitome of evil. This, and other inhumane cross examinations, emotional outpourings of disgust and sadness, and attempts to convince her "that it is not your fault", will no doubt, ensure that she grows up scarred by, not the incident itself, but rather by the proceedings that followed it. You will have been the catalyst for this scarring by reporting her friend, and by proxy, herself, to the ones who will perpetrate this atrocity.

It is a double edged sword and NO simple answer can be given for what one should do. Each circumstance is different, and hence, the action we should take in the event of discovery must be tailored to the individual situation.

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