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.
More placemark for reading tomorrow.
Your comments are among the best on FR, hands down.