‘We Believe the Children’: Child abuse hysteria in the 1980s
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/books/review-we-believe-the-children-on-child-abuse-hysteria-in-the-1980s.html
With Kavanaugh the only difference is the cry; “We Believe the Women”. The democrats have actually set back the cause they claim to champion with Michael Avenatti’s over-the-top allegations last night. The accusations have reached the same level of absurdity as the false child abuse allegations of the 80s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria#Suggestions_and_false_allegations_when_interviewing_children
- “Children are vulnerable to outside influences that lead to fabrication of testimony.”
- “Interviewer bias also plays a role in shaping child testimony.”
- Peer pressure also influences children to fabricate stories. Studies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria#Significant_cases
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial#Bizarre_allegations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory
- A false memory is a psychological phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not happen. There is a growing body of evidence that false memories are created whenever memories are recalled
- False memory syndrome recognizes false memory as a prevalent part of one’s life in which it affects the person’s mentality and day-to-day life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repressed_memory
- According to the American Psychological Association, it is not possible to distinguish repressed memories from false ones without corroborating evidence.
Sickening. There may be people in prison still over that completely false witch hunt in eastern Washington.