Sandusky's FATHER was a long time rec center director in a small town, working mainly with young boys. Studies have shown that some 90% of child molesters were themselves molested as children.
This is NOT a defense of Sandusky, please don't misunderstand..but I'd wager that his dad was a pedophile, that he abused his son as a child, and the tragic cycle continued.
I don't believe we've heard anything from Sandusky's adopted sons...but then, they probably don't want to say anything now..
I have thought about this too. I wonder if you are right. Is this why Jerry doesn’t seem to “get it”? Why doesn’t he understand the question...”are you sexually attracted to boys?” Anyone else would quickly answer “no!”, but he had to mull it over again and again. Only when prompted by his lawyer does he remember to say “No, I’m not sexually attracted to boys.”
In one part of his mind, he knows society doesn’t accept his version of attraction, because he stopped his behavior when confronted with an eyewitness (ie. McQueary, and then also other coaches who walked in on him with Victim #1). However, when no one else is watching, he thinks this perverted behavior is normal. It is disgusting and painfully obvious that he is a homosexual pedophile!
Thank you for your post. Early childhood is crucial—it will determine all future relationships. The Attachment Theory has been around since the 50’s and it is highly reliable.
All animal studies show that abuse of new born animals produces all sorts of pathologies—unnatural perverse behaviors, including the inability to reproduce and abnormal sexual acts and super aggressive behavior.
Un-nurtured (abused) females will not nurture their offspring—will treat them cruelly and abuse them. It is all learned behavior.
I am sure Sandusky was abused as a child (which doesn’t excuse his evil acts, now that he is an adult). As a psychologist said in his book, “Without Conscience”—all psychopaths had traumatic early childhood. It is not surprising that they do the evil they do as adults.
What is surprising (and a miracle) is the fact that some children who ARE brutalized—have traumatic childhoods can grow up into very productive, good human beings. But, I am afraid that most abused children end up like Charles Manson and Gacy and Harry Hays—all were sodomized as children and their realities and worldview==the way they looked at human beings—was very sick and unnatural.