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Re: psychic trauma
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Monique Schaefers <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:52:35 -0800
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Written by:  David Green <[log in to unmask]>
> << What kind of psychic trauma does this cause the baby? I heard one
> person call it "oral rape."  >>

> Some of us in the real world call it "psycho-babble."

WOW!  As I recall not too long ago it was standard practice to operate
on babies (i.e., open heart surgery) with out anesthetic *because babies
can't feel it*.  Just because most folks can't consciously remember
their infancy is no reason for it to be OK to be brutal to infants.
--
Monique
Noah Reilly Schaefers  6/18/97
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