When looking at the Kennedy women I noticed that Rosemary looked like the sweeter of the women, like she wasn’t part of their evil. Yes, she was ‘slow,’ for her age. She probably picked up the sexual cues from the open predatory behavior of the men in the family, and being ‘slow,’ the family wasn’t able to train her up on the ‘social skills’ of the day. Doing that to her was the only way to stop her from doing what would come natural to a young beautiful woman. Daddy Kennedy and the boys were truly vile. Mama Kennedy was actually quite evil in her own way; enabling their behavior for her gain in Social Standing. It’s said that the terrible medical act done to Rosemary was done without her approval and apparently was the only open act of anger between her and Daddy Kennedy. Having open affairs would be okay; damaging poor Rosemary for some reason actually hit a cord in Mama Kennedy. Poor child. She really did not look like the other Kennedys. Soft features and an open smile.
From what I’ve read about Mother Rose, she had some deviant behaviors of her own. It is written that she went to a next door neighbor’s swimming pool in Palm Beach (when she had a pool at her own residence) to swim naked. Seems rather voyeuristic. Just proves the old adage that money doesn’t buy class.
“Poor child. She really did not look like the other Kennedys. Soft features and an open smile.”
Beautifully put. Rosemary did not deserve the fate inflicted upon her by her horrid parents.
She really didn’t look like the others, I agree.