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Guilt Feelings
In the process of persecution of a pedosexual relation feelings of
blame and guilt may be developed by
the child.
They may be caused by very different reasons. I can see at least
three different reasons:
- For having consented to the sex.
- For the broken promise not to tell about.
- For false testimony in the process of
persecution (f.e. I have not liked it instead of I have liked it).
Any combinations are possible. The guilt feelings may be open or
suppressed. The second variant seems to be more dangerous.
Some parents, teachers and other authorities blame the child for it's
consent directly. But even if nobody is doing this, the child can
develop guilt feelings:
- Because of general sex-negative upbringing.
- Because it does not consider himself as a victim. That's why it
interpretes the negative reaction of it's environment to the sexual
relation in the way that the sex is negative.
A promise not to tell about is usually given by the
child to the pedophile. In a consensual relation, it is given without
any pressure from the adult (else, we cannot consider this relation as
completely consensual). Sometimes this promise is given explicitely,
but often it is clear without any words that it is a secret.
But in many cases, the child is the reason for the detection of
the relation. May be by accident, may be because it has told to a
person of trust (parents, teacher) assuming that this person will not
do anything against the pedophile without the childs agreement. If this
leads to persecution and to a penalty for the adult, it is natural that
the child develops feelings of guilt for having told about. As higher
the penalty, as greater these feelings will be.
There may be different reasons for false testimony. The child may be
forced to such testimony by police
interrogation, like in the case of Paul.
Another way is the very probable minimization of the childs active
participation. Indee, in the process of interrogation, the child
already knows or can easily detect the strong negative relation of the
environment to the relation. Thus, it tries to minimize his own
participation in this relation, simply for self-protection.
On the other hand, the "general opinion" is that the child does
not participate. Nobody asks the child if his participation is really
so small. The reverse is more likely. As the result, the testimony
will be often objectively false, because the own participation of the
child is not established correctly.
This can often lead to a higher penalty for the adult. It is
clear that the child is often developing strong guilt feelings.
Mike
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