The media reported incessantly on the Michael Jackson case during the trial. What was tragically missing are the facts regarding pedophiles / ephebophiles and child sexual abuse.
Studies reveal that 62% of girls and 31% of boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18, which is considered low according to health services.
–80% are sexually abused by a family member
– 19% are abused by someone the child knows and trusts.
– 1% according to government statistics are abused by strangers
The incredible truth: pedophiles / ephebophiles behave as normal and ordinary to the world. It can be a leader in the church; community; or business. Pedophiles / ephebophiles rarely fit a classic stereotype: education, socioeconomic status, career, or culture.
Additionally, sexual abuse / incest is harder to believe or accept when the person we like, admire, love, and / or marry is the perpetrator. This is precisely why Jackson’s family, fans, and the uninformed can unequivocally believe that he cannot possibly be an ephebophile: sexual attraction to teenagers.
Pedophiles / Ephebophiles are cunning predators with a perfected mode of operation. They are experts in manipulation, thus escaping from adult reality. They feel entitled, justifying their actions as loving; not harm the child. They expend considerable energy to maintain this illusion for themselves and for others. They create a person of irreproachable goodness. They go out of their way to present themselves as exemplary people who love children. Jackson’s defense attorney, Mesereau, invoked this intricate tactic in response to the judge’s ruling that earlier versions of allegations of sexual abuse, which were resolved, were admissible. Mesereau replied, “He [Jackson] it has also spent millions on children with AIDS. We can drown them with examples that Mr. Jackson has been so benevolent, so generous, so charitable, so giver for good causes, that it will make his theory seem silly. “
Mesereau’s statement exemplifies, anyone who sees through the perpetrator’s facade is met with admonition and reprimand for being critical, irrational, racist, outgoing, and / or jealous. The perpetrator is the emperor of the family without clothes. “I know my son, and this is ridiculous,” Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, said in an interview on CBS “The Early Show.” He said that people who believe Michael is guilty “don’t know him.” Jackson’s father said his son was loved all over the world but was in trouble in America because of racism. He said the accuser’s motives were clear: “It’s about money.”
Even scarier pedophiles / ephebophiles have no beliefs that reflect the moral and ethical values of society. Therefore, along with the innocence of the child and the trust of the abuser, pressure or violence is rarely required. Therefore, the perpetrator can state unequivocally: “I love children. Never ever. I could never harm a child or anyone. It is not in my heart. It is not who I am.” –Michael Jackson, 1993.
There is another insidious aspect to Jackson’s contact with teenagers: He flaunts the relationship as “sweet and innocent” admonishing anyone for believing it is sexual. Using the definition of sexual abuse, the fact that Jackson befriended teenage boys on the pretext of helping them with a life-threatening illness and / or sleeping with them, even though he slept on the floor and the boy slept in his bed, is itself sexual. abuse.
“Incest is both sexual abuse and abuse of power. It is violence that does not require force. Another is using the victim, treating her in a way that she does not want or in a way that is not appropriate by a person with whom a relationship is required. It is abuse because it does not take into account the needs or wants of the child; rather, it meets the needs of the other person at the expense of the child. Rather than a nurturing purpose for the benefit of the child, it is abuse. If it is unwanted or inappropriate for their age or relationship, it is abuse. Incest [sexual abuse] it can occur through words, sounds, or even the child’s exposure to images or sexual acts that do not involve the child. If you are forced to see what you do not want to see, for example, by an exhibitionist, it is abuse. If a child is forced to experience sexual content or innuendo, that is abuse.
As long as the child is induced to engage in sexual activity with someone in a position of greater power, whether that power is derived from the age, size, status, or relationship of the perpetrator, the act is abusive. A child who cannot refuse, or who believes that he cannot refuse, is a child who has been raped “(E. Sue Blume, Secret Survivors).