ONE PARAGRAPH PER CHAPTER-Chapter 2 : Why Did I Do It?

Published January 25, 2017 by Nan Mykel

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From Fallout: A Survivor Talks to Incest Offenders (And Others), by moi.

Four major factors that contribute to molestation have been proposed and widely accepted (Finkelhor, 1984). They are sexual arousal, preferring children emotionally, being blocked from an adult relationship, and failure of the offender’s inhibitions. A reliable assessment of the offender’s dynamics is often difficult. Information is provided to the offender in treatment, however, and he is invited to consider the information and share with his group which dynamics he thinks apply to him. Similarly, this book can help any unapprehended molester ferret out his own patterns. Survivors may also use the material to make some sense of their experience. (p 34).

Left This Out of My Book FALLOUT

Published November 13, 2016 by Nan Mykel

I was struck by the depth of feeling expressed in the following line, but didn’t use it in my book because I’d lost the source, which I just found: (Kirschner, Kirschner and Rapaport, 1993):

Upon a mother learning of her husband’s sexual abuse of their daughter: “Should I cut off my right arm or left?”

What Do They Say in the Locker Room About Incest?

Published October 11, 2016 by Nan Mykel

“Have yo ivanka u seen him being super creepy with his daughter? What an uncool dad.” –Posted on Kos along with a photo of Ivanka (Tiffany) sitting on Donald’s lap. One comment received was something like “Happy to keep it in the family,” whereupon another poster responded to the effect that remarks like that could cause incest survivors pain. The exchange disappeaed before I got it copied perfectly.