(August 25, 2015 at 4:52 pm)Neimenovic Wrote:(August 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If Josh's psychologist came forward and said his parent's upbringing were to blame for his molestation, I'd believe it. Until then, I think it's best not to blame the parents when we don't actually know.
The relation between sexual repression and violence is a fact. A teenaged boy, not allowed contact with the opposite sex or any expression of his sexuality in a house full of girls roughly his age is a recipe for disaster. It's apparent.
And seeing how his father was not a sex offender, the genetic factor you talked about is excluded, and even then its significance is rather overstated. The explanation is quite obvious.
If you're using the argument that it can't be genetic because otherwise his dad would be a molester too, then the same argument can be used to say it wasn't due to his upbringing otherwise all his other siblings would be molesters too.
All I'm saying is that it's a very incriminating accusation to say that a person's parents are to blame for that person having molested or raped someone. The Duggar's have 19 kids. As far as we know, only one of those 19 has this problem. It just seems like a rash judgement.
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