tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post2137115482894315144..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: Failure to Understand Responsibility Makes Abuse PossibleScott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-77786788353866476742007-02-19T08:25:00.000-07:002007-02-19T08:25:00.000-07:00Like most healthy males, I've gone skinny dipping ...Like most healthy males, I've gone skinny dipping -- at venues that were private, and mostly in remote back country locations. I don't have a problem with that. But it would be problematic if I were to do it with youth, especially while encouraging them to do the same.<BR/><BR/>I have been involved with youth groups most of my life. I have had to deal with my share of abusers (including some that have gone to prison). Nudity with the youth, such as skinny dipping, that may seem somewhat benign, is usually just a stop along the road to something more serious. These guys use this as part of the process of grooming their victims.<BR/><BR/>In my personal experience, you really have to watch out for adults that relate with the youth on a peer-to-peer basis rather than on an adult-to-youth basis. (You might refer to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_analysis" REL="nofollow">Transactional Analysis</A> for how this works.)<BR/><BR/>On one hand, it makes these adults very good with youth. The youth like them. On the other hand, there seems to be a missing element that instills a complete sense of adult responsibility. This allows them to behave so irresponsibly with youth on occasion that they cross the line of what is morally acceptable. They seem capable of rationalizing the problem away.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-5406462512548919342007-02-18T18:59:00.000-07:002007-02-18T18:59:00.000-07:00Snowmobiling in the buff sounds cold.There is an L...Snowmobiling in the buff sounds cold.<BR/><BR/>There is an <A HREF="http://www.ldssdc.info/" REL="nofollow">LDS Skinny Dipping Society</A>. I suspect that the group is seen as a pain in the side by the LDS authorities.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't consider skinny dipping on par with the really nasty, life scarring sexual abuse that kids have to face, but I think you are completely right in discussing the difficulties of legal definitions of abuse.<BR/><BR/>The guy who exposes himself to kids in the park is clearly a perv. The guy who thinks it silly to wear a swimsuit at a hot springs is a naturist. In trying to draw legal distinctions on such matters, I would tend to the conservative side.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.com