NOT MONSTERS Author is very subjective How well does the author manage subjectivity The abusers gave her power over them Sample Prison official saw one of her editorials and invited her to talk to sex offenders All of the people wanted rehabilitation Not Monsters first hand accounts 3 15 BILLY aspects of his story that are important to him grew up in a tolerant setting that allowed things to occur his quest for masculine power domination father left at young age step father very physically abusive raping Annie Billy is angry and then gets drunk so he doesn t have to deal with it indication of entitlement Elaine caught them and he did not care if she saw she had the hole and I took it ABE aspects of story that are important to him early exposure to sex kindergarten obsessed with violence sex saved me from violence quest for power his love towards his victims giving them attention society kept giving him opportunities seeking out vulnerable victims reinforces rape myth that sexual assault must be violent both men try to justify their cases by lessening the impact of what they did as wrong if I ever knew that I was hurting my victims I wouldn t have done it p 113 Tina 3 year old victim complicated emotion tangle created with molester Tina s mother blames Abe for her delinquency rather than feeling guilt for the abuse Abe feels guilt for dropping her his obliviousness of his impact for sexually abusing her impact of emotional trap coercion and manipulation how much does he externalize aspects of his stories social responsibility religion popular narrative of redemption rationalizing and denial in order to continue to allow this abuse within church while in Vietnam Abe spoke to psychiatrist about his abuse with Tina p 117 medical leave attempt to discharge Abe reporting child abuse changes relationship of family heavy responsibility question of evidence ways to rationalize NOT reporting even after reporting many times nothing will happen or if they do it can be inconclusive how do we fix this make it easier to report problematic issues cannot get State support until you have documents no support for at risk families no resources available to family unless the family asks for it cannot do anything until the damage is already done need to be more proactive and funding how can we tie this to Cossins article sexual abuse tied to power research on people s sexual script early erotic experiences shapes what people find arousing later in life love map the book is not to suggest that victims who are sexually abused are likely to become sexual abusers stigma attached to being a victim as being predisposed to becoming a predator as an adult unrepresentative sample of book she interviewed the hardcore abusers