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RandySF
Apr 2022
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Ocelot II
(115,693 posts)1. Why, at 57 he's just a kid himself!
multigraincracker
(32,680 posts)8. Grand Old Perverts.
Way to go GOPers.
dweller
(23,632 posts)2. What a groomer
✌🏻
multigraincracker
(32,680 posts)6. Ouch, that's going to leave a mark.
calimary
(81,267 posts)7. Why are they called "groomers"?
Curious about this reference.
ShazzieB
(16,399 posts)9. It's a reference to how pedophiles "groom" their victims prior to sexually abusing them.
"Grooming" is a term used to refer to the process child molesters use to create an environment where they can sexually abuse a child without being caught and without the child telling. Child molesters use this process to establish trust, gain access to children, desensitize them to touch, develop an intimate emotional bond, isolate them from other trusted adults, create complicity, and maintain secrecy. Child molesters will typically groom children and their families for months, sometimes even years, before violating sexual boundaries. The process is identifiable, making abuse predictable and preventable.
More at this link: https://www.taalk.org/resources/signs-of-abuse/245-grooming-behaviors-in-child-molesters
Thanks for the explanation, ShazzieB.
Learn something new every day.
Blue Owl
(50,374 posts)4. I'm hearing banjos....
BootinUp
(47,148 posts)5. dibs on the new domain name
crooks and perverts.
Rhiannon12866
(205,384 posts)10. Good Grief!
Even when I was in my early 20s, I still thought that 30 was old... '