Oprah Isn't Always Right
Posted: Friday, October 06, 2006
by Dorothy M Neddermeyer
Genesis Consultants, Inc.
OH my gosh! I am sticking my neck out and making that statement public? I do not need to tell you, when Oprah speaks everyone listens and accepts her statements as gospel. Her rise to this level of credibility is legend and few question what she says. Thus, you might wonder what would compel me, a little known professional, to make such an outlandish statement—“Oprah Isn’t Always Right…!" The reason is simple…please read my full article before you make a judgment.
Oprah has access to every expert she wants or needs for any topic. However, the experts she uses aren’t the only experts in the world. I am one expert she didn’t consult recently when she continued her segment on Internet sexual child abuse predators, “What Pedophiles Don’t Want You to Know." See my article:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Sexual-Child-Abuse--Society-in-Deep-Denial&id=43088
Noting there is a big difference in sentencing practices for sex offenders across the country, Oprah exclaims it is time for America to speak up. "I think we have done some great work, but I really do believe the laws need to change," Oprah says. "I think there needs to be a national law where the entire nation says, 'This is the way we feel about people who abuse children,' so I'm going to work on [changing that over] the next five years."
"We all need to say once and for all that enough is enough," Oprah stated. "I'm going to be calling on those of you who were sexually abused as children, if your own child has ever been molested or if you are just sick and tired of pedophiles being able to roam the streets, I'm going to be calling on you to help me as we do something about this travesty in our country." The solution Oprah wants everyone to follow is the age-old practice of punitive measures—incarceration.
Oprah, herself a sexual abuse survivor, has since the first season of The Oprah Show, devoted many hours to educating the public about sexual child abuse. In October 2005, she pushed her mission one step further and launched the Child Predator Watch List to help take accused sex offenders off the streets.
Oprah is not to blame for her erroneous belief about how to eliminate sexual child abuse. The majority of people, professionals included, have convoluted thinking about the root cause of sex offender behavior.
See my articles:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Something-Can-Be-Done-to-Prevent-Child-Sexual-Abuse&id=134896 and http://ezinearticles.com/?Spanking---The-Golden-Rule-of-Child-Discipline&id=124385
Society needs to take a hard look at the fact that laws can not prevent behavior. If laws and the threat of incarceration prevent behavior, then why are we constantly building more prisons? The laws such as: Megan’s Law and laws to prevent sex offenders from living closer than 2,000 feet of a school are giving families a false sense of security. This decision is fool-hardy because sex offender’s behavior is the result of a compulsion and not as a result of a poor decision. If sex offenders are unable to control their compulsions they will find access to children no matter where they live or no matter how many registries they are listed on. Furthermore, national statistics reveal 80% of children, who are sexually abused are abused by family members.
Incarcerating sex offenders for life doesn’t stop sexual child abuse. As a society we are ‘creating’ new sex offenders every day. Sex offenders are men or women, who are sexual or physical abuse survivors and they are using sex with children as a way to cope, to numb or distract themselves from the emotional pain. Frequently, the sex offender is seeking a similar experience to the pain they endured as a child. Unbeknownst to them, they are creating the moth to the flame scenario. In other words, the offender might believe she/he will never offend again, but when the compulsion to relieve the internal pain becomes too great they will offend. It is a compulsion that she/he can not stop. Acting on their compulsion mitigates the internal pain if only for a brief period albeit at the peril of being arrested and prison. However, since the internal pain is beyond their ability to override its excruciating effect, they can not merely stop their compulsion.
Healing emotional issues for anyone who has sexually abused—no matter the reason—is possible. An innovative and highly effective process to achieve deeper and more total healing can be achieved through healing mind, body and spirit. This process is direct, focused, and combines healing the past while creating the future. People make a subtle and effective transition to self-discovery and empowerment.
Healing emotional issues at the core addresses the all-important relationship to one's true spiritual nature. Transforming the psychological conditional patterns and unconscious beliefs that arise from our personal histories and adaptations effectively transforms our mind, body and spirit. Thus, you transform how you feel, sense, and experience global political mass consciousness, as well as your individual consciousness, like never before. A Mind, Body, Spirit approach addresses the three critical aspects of one's being, therefore opening the door to true balance and emotional healing.
Well-being comes from the understanding of the Self, the family, the local community in which we live, and the global community of which we are a part. We are each one heart of the Whole; each heart here to express its unique piece of the Whole. Knowing Self creates a sense of "I as a piece of this Whole," different and one at the same time.
The only answer to stopping sex offenders is stopping what creates people to sexually abuse children and to heal those who are sex offenders, thus eliminating forever repeat sex offenders.
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