Planned Parenthood Under Investigation For Child Abuse

[dreadfulpenny81]

The Attorney General in Colorado is currently investigating various Planned Parenthood offices in their area for child abuse after videos from Live Action (a pro-life advocacy group) show Planned Parenthood employees and volunteers giving instruction on violent sex to underage girls

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[theidolhands]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

I swear if it were up to me there would be something called "Stepfather Syndrome" (obviously they're not all dangerous, but certainly enough of a pattern for it to be a real issue) because that is how commonplace situations like that are: it should be studied, analyzed, and warning symptoms should exist. There are many psychological phenomena like this that don't get any attention and commonly contribute toward the violence in society. idgi.

[theidolhands]

I saw a post in vaginapagina once that was bending over so far backwards not to "shame", seem sex positive, and overly interpreting bdsm that they were making me sick with condoning violence and a young woman clearly in an abusive relationship.

I had to do a post on it, it aggravated me so. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. But right...notice how she doesn't know, nor had she volunteered for such, and they were busy justifying his actions as misguided kink. Ugh.

[brendala]

Yeah, that comm is worthless when it comes to sane sex advice because they're more concerned with "kink-shaming" than they are with helping the women who visit that page. I peeked over there once because one of my LJ friends posted a link to go along with a story. And all the users were flipping out because some girl said she was "clean of STDs" (they accused her of implying that people with STDs were "dirty" and beneath her)

[theidolhands]

Oh, good lord. It's nuts how a commonplace turn of phrase can now be used to flout moral superiority. Actually, they were the ones implying people were "beneath" them in that situation.

I once got into a serious debate in no scans daily over the word "lame", I actually won the debate that the word was not inherently offensive, but was still told the word could not be used going forward. I even found handicapped individuals (which the accusers of the comm were not) to state that "lame" refers to a horse and that they themselves used it as slang, nor did they like able-bodied people telling them what was or was not offensive. Like the infamous "Derpy" debate of MLP

[lazypadawan]

This is so warped I don't even know where to begin. In PP's zeal to be "sex positive," it doesn't want to judge any kind of behavior as bad (except abstinence because they don't make money off of those kids). Therefore it doesn't think it's wrong to do what would get the creepy man in the raincoat down the street arrested. Questions or not, what PP did here is beyond inappropriate. It had no regard for the mental or physical well-being of someone who isn't an adult. A developing girl with (hopefully) very limited to no sexual experience has no business getting into activity that could harm her.

[pat_t]

No one, clinical or otherwise, should be telling these kids about BDSM. If they have questions they can ask their parents, but most 15 year olds already actively engaging in sexual activity won't necessarily do that or listen if they do. Obviously, a parent should always be the best and first consultant, but how many parents know about BDSM? Therefore, if it were my child I would make an appt with a reputable counselor and the three of us (parent, child and counselor) would discuss the child's questions in a reasonable and honest manner

[kharmii]

Oh, LOL, speaking of safe and sane, like a bunch of women I'm friends with on Facebook posted the trailer to Fifty Shades of Grey, which I've heard is about BDSM. I thought it looked like victimization because it showed a meek looking woman who started working for a dom, and he surprised her with the lifestyle, like she didn't even know about it. You'd think those types of people would know where to find each other and know what they were into already.

Spoilers for 50 shades

[pat_t]

In actuality people in the lifestyle do find like-minded people. In 50 Shades Christian uses a very exclusive online service where women who like the lifestyle and want a new Dominant put up their profile. If the potential Dominant sees someone he thinks would be a good match -- something like online dating -- he sets up an interview. The women and the men usually have references. In actuality it's much like a job interview. Newbies do not go into a relationship like this usually. Most Dominants do not want someone who is inexperienced. As I said, it really takes training and people who want to try out the lifestyle have many ways to do this

Re: Spoilers for 50 shades

[kharmii]

Interesting.

.... sparked my interest in a kind of "I want to research this" kind of way. But, personally, for myself, I go with the adage of "don't try this at home" or anywhere else. It's something I don't want to try for myself.

I got you. I'm into psychology and would like to understand the twisted minds into this. You'd think having a consenting partner would be a mind-fuck for a sadist though, like, "It's not fun to hurt someone if they want me too." That thought reminds me of the sadistic dentist from Little Shop of Horrors. He kicked someone out of his office who was enjoying himself and said, "Sicko.." Hilarious.

[pat_t]

(sorry, post too long - had to split up

[brendala]

And the fact that these Planned Parenthood nurses are sending teenagers out to look at porn before trying a sexual activity that could potentially be life-threatening - something adults don't even try until they are trained and ready -- is beyond horrendous. I feel that the legal response for these people and the Planned Parent organization where they work should be harsh and quick.

Yeah. Kids who are exposed to porn before they have sex develop REALLY awful and unrealistic ideas of what sex is actually like. And I imagine its even worse when teens with very limited sexual experience seek out bizarre fetish stuff like BDSM videos.

IMO, an adult in a clinical setting who ENCOURAGES a teenager to seek out sex shops and porn is guilty of malpractice and should be treated as such. ESPECIALLY in a scenario like this one (ie where it's possible that the girl is being pressured into it by a horny boyfriend)