The number of grown women who tell terrible tales of sexual abuse shocks many a new doctor. What is even more shocking than the abuse is the number of women who report that their mothers knew of the abuse and blamed the child or looked the other day or demanded that the child shut up about it. Or, in the case of the woman in this story, took $10,000 in hush money to lie to abstruct the police investigation and lie about the abuser. She got 65 months in prison for her lies. That's nearly five years--if she serves it all. Her lawyer thinks it's excessive. I wonder how long it will be until her disabled daughter trusts anyone again.
UPDATE: You know, the poll is unanimous so far--all ten people voting believe the by-stander should be punished, but I never hear about this actually happening. Is it to keep the child with at least one, albeit bad, parent?
MOST DEFINiTElY YES, Yes, Yes.
ReplyDeleteHow can any mother stand and turn a blind eye or even lie about it.
How can any mother stand and turn a blind eye or even lie about it?
ReplyDeleteSimple. "OOOOOOOO! MY SOULMATE! HE'S SO (GASP) EXCITING!"
Translation: He's great in the sack.
So great in bed that he is willing to molest your own child? Hmmm, that logic seems very displaced.
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