One doesn't have to form an opinion or pass judgement on Lauren Redfern to engage in the controversy surrounding her arrest.
It's good to see Niki Delson step up and voice an opinion that is being widely talked about regarding Redfern. There are many aspects of what Delson is saying that make sense and ring true.
Niki Delson:
"Sexual abuser. Sexual assault. Child molester. Pedophile. Sex offender.
These words grab our attention, inflame our sensibilities and conjure up images of an innocent victim and predatory offender. We visualize a Jerry Sandusky creating a nonprofit agency to gain access to a helpless child, a priest violating a young boy, a father fondling his daughter, a man creating an online persona in order to gain sexual access to an underage girl.
But should we place a teacher who has a sexual relationship with one of her students in the same category?
The language we use to talk about sexual abuse shapes our conversation and our understanding.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual activity that you do not agree to, including: Inappropriate touching, penetration, sexual intercourse that you say ‘no' to, rape or attempted rape, and child molestation.”
Sexual assault is not consensual. It demeans and diminishes the child victim when the law uses the words “sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust” to describe both the actions of a priest raping a prepubescent child and the actions of a 25-year-old teacher engaged in consensual sexual activity with an almost 18-year-old student. When we label this type of consensual sex as “assault,” we also minimize the real problem of sexual abuse by females...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Showing posts with label perception management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perception management. Show all posts
March 5, 2012
December 9, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Obama supporter unhinged"
How important is 'public opinion'?
We all care about what others think of us. In some cases, our entire sense of self is wrapped up in that need. In other cases, public view is capitalized on. In still other cases the internal need for public recognition manifests itself out into forcing the engagement of others into interacting with you. There are those that choose to experiment with manipulating, either positive or negative, public perceptions of themselves. And some who normally would never give up their privacy yet find themselves forced into the public eye and under intense scrutiny to the point where public perception is out of their control.
What category do a strong number of locals think Carl Heck of Aspen falls into?
Probably Door #4 in the choices up there.
But then, Carl is mostly about personal gain and politics.
And politics is certainly not paddy-cake.
Which actually places Carl Heck behind Door #5 in the choices above and his 'victims' behind Door #6.
The good news is that same large group of locals are on to Carl's bag of tricks.
Great letter today from Illya Lenin regarding Carl Heck.
"Editor:
(This is addressed to letter writer Carl Heck).
Hysterics and liberal emotional derangement never garner facts. You apparently are unhinged now; then imagine your insanity when any one of these GOP “clowns” absolutely destroys the bumbling and teleprompterless president in a real debate about his accomplishments and the overwhelming withdrawal of public support for the direction and debt this fool has heaped onto all of us. Make an attempt at being intellectual. Name one thing ObaMao, your fake liberal God on earth, has accomplished that hasn’t usurped our Constitution, cost trillions or laid the ground work for his type of class warfare."
(Illya Lenin, Basalt)
(Comment to discuss)
We all care about what others think of us. In some cases, our entire sense of self is wrapped up in that need. In other cases, public view is capitalized on. In still other cases the internal need for public recognition manifests itself out into forcing the engagement of others into interacting with you. There are those that choose to experiment with manipulating, either positive or negative, public perceptions of themselves. And some who normally would never give up their privacy yet find themselves forced into the public eye and under intense scrutiny to the point where public perception is out of their control.
What category do a strong number of locals think Carl Heck of Aspen falls into?
Probably Door #4 in the choices up there.
But then, Carl is mostly about personal gain and politics.
And politics is certainly not paddy-cake.
Which actually places Carl Heck behind Door #5 in the choices above and his 'victims' behind Door #6.
The good news is that same large group of locals are on to Carl's bag of tricks.
Great letter today from Illya Lenin regarding Carl Heck.
"Editor:
(This is addressed to letter writer Carl Heck).
Hysterics and liberal emotional derangement never garner facts. You apparently are unhinged now; then imagine your insanity when any one of these GOP “clowns” absolutely destroys the bumbling and teleprompterless president in a real debate about his accomplishments and the overwhelming withdrawal of public support for the direction and debt this fool has heaped onto all of us. Make an attempt at being intellectual. Name one thing ObaMao, your fake liberal God on earth, has accomplished that hasn’t usurped our Constitution, cost trillions or laid the ground work for his type of class warfare."
(Illya Lenin, Basalt)
(Comment to discuss)
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