Understanding Abusers - The Mama Bear Effect
Through media and, perhaps, our own desire to feel safe within our trusted circles, we come to think of sexual predators as monsters – people we would never respect, like, or even love. But if that were the case, children wouldn’t be such great risk as they are and abusers would not be as effective at targeting children in loving, protective families. It may seem inexplicable as to why seemingly normal people would choose to sexually abuse anyone, let alone a child, but with better understanding as to the psychological issues that motivate abuse, we can retrain our brains to be more aware and protective of children. Predatory offenders premeditate the abuse Many predatory abusers premeditate abuse, fantasize about sexual interaction with children, often view child pornography, and select their victims carefully, investing effort and time to groom them into submission. Predatory offenders usually seek out opportunities to abuse – ex. teaching, coaching, even romantic relationships with
Through media and, perhaps, our own desire to feel safe within our trusted circles, we come to think of sexual predators as monsters – people we would never respect, like, or even love. But if that were the case, children wouldn’t be such great risk as they are and abusers would not be as effective at targeting children in loving, protective families. It may seem inexplicable as to why seemingly normal people would choose to sexually abuse anyone, let alone a child, but with better understanding as to the psychological issues that motivate abuse, we can retrain our brains to be more aware and
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