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Child Sexual Abuse Epidemic!

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Ralph Underwager, 'expert' witness for the defense in scores of child abuse cases ....The political fallout from the case ultimately brought about the resignation of .... for years to procure young boys for rich and powerful pedophiles, including Ritto. ......Crowley and the founder of Wicca Witchcraft, Gerald Gardner, were close ...

outrageous statements that Richard Gardner has written in his own books

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Here are just a few of the outrageous statements that Richard Gardner has written in his own books published by his own vanity press:

• Pertinent to my theory here is that pedophilia also serves procreative purposes. Obviously, it does not serve such purposes on the immediate level in that children cannot become pregnant nor can they make others pregnant.
• However, the child who is drawn into sexual encounters at an early age is likely to become highly sexualized and crave sexual experiences during the prepubertal years. Such a "charged up child" is more likely to become sexually active after puberty and more likely, therefore, to transmit his or her genes to his or her progeny at an early age.
• The younger the survival machine at the time sexual urges appear, the longer will be the span of procreative capacity, and the greater the likelihood the individual will create more survival machines in the next generation. The ideal then - from DNA's point of view - is for the child to be sexually active very early, to have a highly sexualized childhood, and begin the time of puberty. This increases the likelihood that more survival machines will be produced for the next generation. (...)
• This reflects society's repression of the animal within us: a male animal who has the potential for rape and a female animal who, by merely a small extension of permissible attitudes, may become masochistic - thereby gaining sexual pleasure from being beaten, bound and otherwise made to suffer. It may very well be that, for some masochistic women, allowing themselves to be beaten into submission is the price they are willing to pay for gaining the gratification of receiving the sperm."
• Gardner's sociobiologist ideology has him endorse all "paraphilias" (merely atypical sexual behaviors) as "serving the purposes of species survival" by "their ability to enhance the general level of sexual excitation in society and thereby increase the likelihood that people will involve themselves in activities that are more directly contributory to the reproductive (and by extension, species survival) process".
• This extends not only to pedophilia but even to zoophilia and, yes, necrophilia. In the same essay Gardner writes:"Yet, the necrophiliac is still keeping (the likelihood) of heterosexual involvement with a person who is more likely to conceive."
• Gardner says that "the mother's own suppressed and repressed sexual fantasies are projected onto the child and father. By visualizing the father having a sexual experience with the child, the mother is satisfying vicariously her own desires to be the recipient of such overtures and activities."
• According to Gardner, 90% of "alienators" are women.
• "In custody litigation,…the vast majority of children who profess sexual abuse are fabricators."
• ''What I am against is the excessively moralistic and punitive reaction that many members of our society have toward pedophiles ... (going) far beyond what I consider to be the gravity of the crime.''
• "...there is a bit of pedophilia in every one of us."
• When a child has been sexually abused and feels guilt about it, Gardner suggests, the child may be helped to appreciate that "sexual encounters between an adult and a child are not universally considered to be reprehensible acts. The child might be told about other societies in which such behavior was and is considered normal." If sexual urges continue after the abuse ends, Gardner suggests such children be encouraged to masturbate.
• As for the alienating mother, Gardner suggests that vibrators can be useful and "one must try to overcome any inhibition she may have with regard to their use."
• . . . . An apparent benefit of the mother's use of a vibrator is that "her diminished guilt over masturbation will make it easier for her to encourage the practice in her daughter, if this is warranted." With this imagined solution, Gardner believes, the mother's "increased sexuality may lessen the need for her husband to return to their daughter for sexual gratification."

All of the above quotes are from Gardner's self-published True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse: A Guide for Legal and Mental Health Professionals, Creative Therapeutics, 1992, as reprinted in Ralph Underwager's self-published journal "Issues in Child Abuse Accusations", Spring 1993, pp. 115-118, under the title "A Theory About the Variety of Human Sexual Behavior" and Richard A. Gardner, M.D. , The Parental Alienation Syndrome (1992).

"What would a good mother do if her child told her of sexual abuse by his or her father?", asked film produce Garland Waller during a videotaped interview of Richard Gardner for her award-winning documentary, Small Justice. His answer: "What would she say? Don't you say that about your father. If you do, I'll beat you."

Dallam - Crisis or Creation?

Dallam - Crisis or Creation?

www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/dallam/6.html

Families were also referred by Ralph Underwager and Hollida Wakefield, ... According to Martin Gardner (1993), a prominent member of the FMSF ..... Richard Kluft, a psychiatrist at Temple University , observed that such ..... When the interview came to light in 1993, Underwager was asked to resign from the foundation.

Recovered Memories, Research, Lawsuits, & Experiment

Recovered Memories, Research, Lawsuits, & Experiment

kspope.com/memory/lofrev3.php

486; see also Freyd, Roth, Wakefield, & Underwager, 1993; it is unclear what ... and Underwager (1994) emphasize that psychiatrist Richard Gardner "sees the ..... Ralph Underwager (credited with coining the term "false memory syndrome") ... of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation until resigning after being quoted as ...

Kenneth S. PopeWhat Psychologists Better Know About Recovered Memories: Research, Lawsuits, and the Pivotal Experiment

What Psychologists Better Know About Recovered Memories:
Research, Lawsuits, and the Pivotal Experiment

Kenneth S. Pope

SUMMARY: The following article reviews 6 major scientific, ethical, and legal issues raised in the book The Myth of Repressed Memory by Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham. It examines the assertion that a study by Lindsay and Poole revealed that there are "over 1 million cases of 'recovered memories' each year"; looks at the use of the ad hominem fallacy; notes legal actions undertaken by 2 members of the FMSF Advisory Board that not only raised the issue of a conspiracy directed against them but also accused the American Psychological Association of engaging in racketeering activity; examines Wakefield and Underwager's defamation suit against a prominent psychologist and the resulting judge's opinion about litigating science; and reviews some high-profile cases involving Paul McHugh and others that illustrate the complex issues in this area.

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/child-court/message/873 Here are links to read about the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, Dr. Ralph Underwager, his Wife Hollida Wakefield, Dr. Richard Gardner, Parent Alienation Syndrome and the association to pedophilia. All are VERY DANGEROUS to the area child abuse prevention, intervention and the prosecution of child abuse. FMS Foundation Asks Underwager and Wakefield To Resign From Advisory Board, Then Changes Position http://movingforward.org/v2n4-fmsf-board.html Backlash: A Look at the Abuse-Related Amnesia and Delayed Memory Controversy http://movingforward.org/1-v2n4.html "What They Said: 'Interview: Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager, Paidika, Winter, 1993'" http://movingforward.org/v2n4-underwager.html Ralph Underwager Responds to Paidika Interview http://movingforward.org/v2n6-response.html Underwager Resigns From False Memory Syndrome Foundation Advisory Board, Wakefield and Others Remain http://movingforward.org/v2n5-underwager-resign.html An Open Letter to the Advisory Board Members of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation http://movingforward.org/v2n5-birrell.html False Memory Syndrome Foundation Advisory Board Members http://movingforward.org/v2n5-fmsfboard.html Dr. Richard Gardner: A Review of His Theories and Opinions on Atypical Sexuality, Pedophilia, and Treatment Issues http://idealist.com/tat/98-08-01-gardner.shtml The Evidence for Parental Alienation Syndrome: An Examination of Gardner's Theories and Opinions http://idealist.com/tat/98-08-02-gardner.shtml Unsilent Witness: Ralph Underwager And The FMSF http://idealist.com/tat/97-07-01-unsilent.shtml Pro-incest advocates, i.e. Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), Dr. Richard Gardner, False Memory Syndrome (FMS) Dr. Ralph Underwager and Holita Wakefield? FATHERS RIGHTS ACTIVISTS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS http://www.gate.net/%7Eliz/fathers/fathers.htm Dr. Richard Gardner - A Review of His Theory http://www.idealist.com/tat/98-08-01-gardner.shtml Memory, Abuse, and Science: Questioning Claim http://idealist.com/memories/memory.shtml Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D. Biographical Summary http://idealist.com/memories/bio.shtml Portia A Davis, Executive Director The Ross County Network For Children http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3648/ -----Original Message----- From: Niki Delson <nikid@...> To: Portia Davis, Executive Director <portia@...>; CHILD-COURT@... <CHILD-COURT@...> Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 11:20 PM Subject: Re: Re: Interviewing Children Alone 2 >Please do post the links that clearly demonstrates that the False Memory >Foundation is pro pedophilia >-----Original Message----- >From: Portia Davis, Executive Director <portia@...> >To: CHILD-COURT@... <CHILD-COURT@...> >Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 5:26 PM >Subject: Re: Interviewing Children Alone 2 > > >>In reference to your question about the False Memory Syndrome Foundation >>promoting pedophilia: >> >>There is a great deal of documentation that some of the leaders among the >>co-founders were and are currently pro pedophilia. I would be more than >>pleased to post those links for anyone who wants them. >> >>Let me know if you want them. >>Portia A Davis, Executive Director >>The Ross County Network For Children >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3648/ >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Lyn Greenberg <lrgreenberg@...> >>To: Portia Davis, Executive Director <portia@...> >>Cc: CHILD-COURT@... <CHILD-COURT@...> >>Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 6:17 PM >>Subject: Re: Interviewing Children Alone 2 >> >> >>>The fact that some professionals violate boundaries and use questionable >>>theories does not necessarily mean that the phenomenon they respond to >>>does not exist. As one who works both in dependency and family law >>>cases, I can assure you that the dynamics of alientation are very real >>>and extremely destructive. I am not a fan of either of the authors you >>>name, and do not believe that the concept of a well-defined "syndrome" >>>have been sufficiently supported by research. There can also be no >>>question that some professionals abuse the concept or apply it >>>inappropriately. Many of the component behaviors and dynamics, however, >>>have been supported in peer-reviewed research. Those who take extreme >>>positions on either side of this debate often do not recognize cases >>>that are inconsistent with their beliefs, and that can only hurt >>>children. (I'm not directing that comment at anyone specifically.) >>> >>>Regarding the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, is there documentation >>>or proof supporting the charge that they promote pedophilia? >>> >>> >> > >