*...child abuse is coercive: the abuser preys upon a child’s moral and intellectual helplessness. The abuser gets all the self-satisfaction he or she wants and in the process leaves the child with a life-long emotional scar of having been exposed to the manipulative aspects of [[life]] well before having developed healthy [[defense mechanism]]s to cope with such psychological assaults. The abuser walks away smacking his lips, and the child is left as bones for the garbage. [http://www.guidetopsychology.com/sex_love.htm#perversion] | *...child abuse is coercive: the abuser preys upon a child’s moral and intellectual helplessness. The abuser gets all the self-satisfaction he or she wants and in the process leaves the child with a life-long emotional scar of having been exposed to the manipulative aspects of [[life]] well before having developed healthy [[defense mechanism]]s to cope with such psychological assaults. The abuser walks away smacking his lips, and the child is left as bones for the garbage. [http://www.guidetopsychology.com/sex_love.htm#perversion] |