John Hunter PhD posted a quote from a book about est, in which a woman related a story of incest, then:
"Immediately after that woman finished sharing another woman stood up and said, ‘I just realized listening to this woman how much I loved my father and part of me wished my father had committed incest with me."
That second woman sounded like she was planted, to me, if it ever happened at all. I am extremely skeptical of that story, and anyone who would say such a thing would have to be very disturbed. Which leads to this point: even if that did happen, it would not support the facilitator's assertion that pedophilia and incest were somehow okay, but only demonstrates est's, (and Landmark's) ability to twist and rationalize absolutely anything.. To even have to listen to that "logic" also invalidates the victim, and the way she felt about what happened..
I know lots of people who were molested as kids, but not a one who didn't feel traumatized by it. Add to that the fact that kids will do things that are harmful to them, and that's why parental supervision is so important. The arguments that this organization makes are pure bunk. No Matter how good they are at rationalizing, the damage caused by these experiences has been proven over and over. And molestation is only one example. They do this with every deleterious occurance under the sun.
"Immediately after that woman finished sharing another woman stood up and said, ‘I just realized listening to this woman how much I loved my father and part of me wished my father had committed incest with me."
That second woman sounded like she was planted, to me, if it ever happened at all. I am extremely skeptical of that story, and anyone who would say such a thing would have to be very disturbed. Which leads to this point: even if that did happen, it would not support the facilitator's assertion that pedophilia and incest were somehow okay, but only demonstrates est's, (and Landmark's) ability to twist and rationalize absolutely anything.. To even have to listen to that "logic" also invalidates the victim, and the way she felt about what happened..
I know lots of people who were molested as kids, but not a one who didn't feel traumatized by it. Add to that the fact that kids will do things that are harmful to them, and that's why parental supervision is so important. The arguments that this organization makes are pure bunk. No Matter how good they are at rationalizing, the damage caused by these experiences has been proven over and over. And molestation is only one example. They do this with every deleterious occurance under the sun.