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Thanks
for your note and for your research
project which will hopefully
bring us closer to giving the
attention that we need to Child
Abuse. It is a well-respected,
but not yet well known fact,
that one in seven boys are sexually
molested before the age of 18
and one in four girls. Yet,
we don't seem to be dealing
with it at all--and therefore,
we don't get to the root of
the problem.
About Chemical castration, I
don't have any direct sources,
but I would suggest that you
contact The Center for Trauma
and Dissociation, 4400 East
Iliff Avenue, Denver, Colorado
80222; #1-800-441-6921. They
may be able to point you in
the right direction. I do know
that a Scandanavian country
practiced some form of castration
for child molesters, but are
now reversing that decision
because it hasn't proven to
help. I have to say that I agree
on this reversal. Child abuse
of any form is about power and
control--i.e. from the head--and
rarely is it purely about sexual
energy.
—Amy
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