User talk:Ignostic199/sandbox

Problems with the term and links to SRA

• Ritual abuse: A Law enforcement view or perspective, Kenneth V Lanning, [1]
  • Terms such as "ritualistic" or "satanic" when discussing abuse are extremely problematic and hard to define. Many cases referred to as "ritualistic abuse" or "satanic abuse" have nothing to do with satanism or spirituality. Ritualistic activity does not necessarily imply crime and ritualistic abuse does not equate satanism. When dealing with child abuse cases usually referred to as "ritualistic" or "satanic", clear and objective vocabulary (such as "multidimensional chuld sex ring") is more appropriate.

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• Out of Darkness: Exploring Satanism and Ritual Abuse, D K Sakheim and S E Devine, [2]
  • Summary: Satanism is a complex phenomenon, hard to define, and groups called "satanic" are heterogenous, many of which may not engage in any illegal activity. Ritual abuse is defined as "abuse inflicted upon a victim in a repetitive, systematic, stylized, and methodical fashion" and can be perpetrated by individuals belonging to any religion, though a lot of allegations talk about some sort of satanism

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• Extent and Nature of Organized and Ritual Abuse, J S LaFontaine, [3]
  • Out of all organized abuse cases, the ones claimed to be "ritual" or "satanic" are a minority. Ritual abuse exists but in the known cases rituals are secondary to the abuse and do not serve any spiritualistic goals. Allegations of satanic child abuse cases are problematic, because they tend to draw upon well-established cultural axioms, aren't substantiated and tend to divert attention from the condition of the abuse victims.

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• The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse, George A Fraser, [4]
  • Therapists should be very careful when dealing with DID (MPD) patients claiming to have been abused as a part of a satanic ritual; many of such claims can be explained otherwise, for instance by the patient's desire to make a real abuse story more convincing, striking or to avoid talking about real (very traumatic) aspects of their abuse

Ignostic199 (talk) 16:28, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Ideas

[5] "In discussions of the sexual assault of minors, feminists, historians of sexuality and religious authorities are in uncommon agreement. They concur that, although minors have been subject to sexual assault throughout the modern era, the late 1970s and 1980s saw a new ‘discovery’ of the phenomenon. This discovery initially was located in feminist critiques of male violence within the family, but quickly spread to other sites: homosexuals, paedophile rings, satanic ritual abuse and most recently clerical sexual abuse.[...]The data suggests that abuse was most prevalent between 1945 and 1980, the period prior to the articulation of feminist critiques of sexual violence." Ignostic199 (talk) 22:56, 23 February 2016 (UTC)