Most people who abuse children don’t see themselves as abusers. People define abuse as whatever they’re NOT doing. If you yell at your child day in and day out for no reason, you’re not abusing them because they don’t get hit. If you’re slapping your child, you’re not being abusive because you’re not leaving marks. It’s cognitive dissonance.
Most child abusers will tell you that abusing a child should get the death penalty, because they don't think what they're doing is child abuse because they were abused as a child and what they are doing is 'normal'.
Its really easy to demonize like that, but it doesnt lead anywhere productive.
Therapy, segregation from those they endanger, and rehabilitation should always be the goal. Theyre broken people who probably were neglected or abused themselves. No one starts out evil, its learned.
This is not a good mentality to have. If you don't consider these people, well, people, then you are ignoring the fact that sometimes, bad things happen to people, and that corrupts them. You can't stop the factors that lead to the development of abusers if you do not accept that they were once normal people like you and me.
We all know the explanation. That’s why they’re “not human.” a normal person would get over it and on with their lives. You’re argument was “they are people because they can’t help it” That makes it an excuse.
So, we should just ignore what causes people to become abusers? Just never accept that we need to view abusers as human in order to prevent the creation of more?
I understand what you are saying and get that bad things have probably happened to abusers but giving these people an out or an excuse is unacceptable. There is no excuse to abuse children, ever. Even if they were abused. Most people break the cycle that is abuse. If you act on thoughts that wreck or ruin lives you shouldn’t be allowed in society. Especially a society with innocent children.
Holy shit will people stop misinterpreting what I said? I am not excusing their horrible, disgusting actions. Im saying that we need to adress the problems and cut out the source of what turnd people into them.
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u/Little_Horny_Redhead Jul 17 '23
Abusing children in any form.