My observations about trauma and abuse are not pure projection on my part. They are not just thoughts inspired by my clients’ stories. I experienced numerous traumas in my younger years . . . from alcohol-infused childhood violence, to being threatened at knife point (by my father-in-law, no less; now there’s another story . . […]
T his morning, I read in my local paper about a common type of trafficker called a “Romeo pimp.” This is the trafficker who develops a romantic relationship with his victim. Who knew there was such a term? We don’t know whether Jeffrey Epstein developed a romantic relationship with his victims, or whether the sociopath […]
The whole seedy Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse scandal gives rise to so many questions. The ones that hold the most fascination for me are those concerning power and authority. Does childhood train us to like being admired by men? To want to please people in authority? To respect those who have power over us? Why […]
I’ve been wondering lately about our human tendency to readily give away our power. I’m thinking that, as with most everything, it has its roots in childhood. We’re born powerful, right? When we cry, good parents come running. They feed us, burp us, amuse us, change our diaper and take care of our every need. […]
In a later post, we’ll look at the lasting impact of sexual abuse. But first, let’s take a peek at what enticed young girls to take part in the sexual abuse of Jeffrey Epstein and his cronies. We’ve talked about why men are attracted to preying on vulnerable girls. But what was the allure from […]
Young women may feel it’s a status symbol to be with an older man. Men of wealth, success and power have a certain cachet. They impress with their confidence, financial stability, and sophisticated worldly ways. Younger guys lack the social smarts and self-assurance. Not to mention, they have no gas money. And sometimes they have […]
The age of #MeToo has broken open the discussion of sexual assaults on women by powerful men. Men such as movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, television icon Bill Cosby and now (say it isn’t so!) the esteemed tenor, Placido Domingo. But my focus in this series is something more heinous. Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking ring […]
Well, for one thing, adolescent girls are beautiful. And men have beautiful women on the brain. That was the finding of a 3-year brain science study in which heterosexual men were shown pictures of attractive men and women. Scientists measured their brains’ responses through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). What they found was startling . […]
So I had been asking myself: Why do men desire younger women? Is there “a seed of evolutionary truth” to the idea that men “naturally” prefer younger women? Aware that I might be seeing this psychological piece from a biased female point of view, I asked some men of my acquaintance – friends, clients and […]
Jeffrey Epstein had been convicted in 2008 for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. And still his sex-trafficking operation for wealthy men continued to grow. How was that possible? Because Jeffrey Epstein the Narcissistic Sociopath knew that men are hard-wired to desire younger women. That young girls make older men feel younger and desired. That […]