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Sam Altman accused of sexually assaulting his younger sister in lawsuit

by reilly3000 on 1/8/25, 8:19 PM with 3 comments

  • by rshnotsecure on 1/8/25, 8:38 PM

    In general, the rates of incest are significantly underestimated. I have seen this anecdotally with the individuals myself and friends have dated, along with volunteering for sometime with CPS here in Texas.

    It is unreported for obvious reasons, and few realize how easy it is to get away with. Families have lived in close quarters for a long time, and the opportunity is great for sexual gratification with another. Siblings often live in the same room. There are significant power dynamics at play when one sibling is 3 and the other is say 11. Yet there aren't the restraining forces of maturity on the 11 year old.

    Sadly, the incest movement was probably set back 20 years due to its association with Satanic Ritual Abuse in the late 1980's and 1990's.

    For those looking on help with this, I highly recommend the book "Courage to Heal" by Ellen Bass [1].

    A sign of progress is that in the latest editions of the book, it also focuses on men. The early editions only focused on women.

    [1] - https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Heal-Survivors-Sexual-Anniver...

  • by ChrisArchitect on 1/8/25, 8:39 PM

  • by coding123 on 1/8/25, 8:25 PM

    If he survives this, then everyone is drinking the cool aid.