02-10-2004, 10:40 AM
Quote:I'd say that the trauma that young lady suffered pales in comparison to the trauma of the airline passengers from that film clip.
Um, actually, no. Speaking as a sexual abuse survivor, I can tell you that refereed studies have show that sexual abuse, particularly in childhood, is about 20x more psychologically damaging than any other abuse, including severe physical or emotional abuse. That is, on average, one would have to have 20 non-sexual tramatic incidents to inflict the same psychological harm as one sexual molestation. Of course, there are degrees of intensity of abuse, but the general principles are the same. So, basically, if this girl was treated the way it was described above, I would wager that she is far more psychologically traumatized than most or perhaps all of the passengers on that jet -- provided that the passengers didn't come to any lasting physical harm.