rashomon said:
There seems to be quite a controversial discussion re this on this forum.
I read about six doctors agreeing that JB suffered from chronic sexual abuse, and one doctor (Spitz) also agreeing on that she was sexually abused, but no agreeing on the abuse being chronic.
Which doctors were these? Who asked their expert opinion on that?
rashomon,
Chronic in the sense use by doctors and physicians, simply means over an extended period of time, its origin lies in the greek word chronos, who was their god of time.
So when doctors and physicians use it they are normally referencing it with a particular illness or ailment in mind, so its their short hand way of suggesting what the temporal nature is of the presenting symptoms.
Sexual abuse is not a natural illness, you dont develop it or acquire it like contagion. Its determining time period is once, and its recurrence may be periodic, recurrent or never again.
So to place any great deal of emphasis on the word chronic, is IMO misplaced. JonBenet may not have been abused prior to the start of December, then with holidays etc, she was thereafter on a daily basis.
She would still physically present with the same symptoms, and anyone who wished to speculate how far back in time her
chronic sexual abuse extended would be free to do so.
So what is important is not that it is simply chronic, but is there evidence of a prior assault, distinct from the assault inflicted that fateful night? e.g. does the circumference of the paintbrush handle match the enlargement of her hymenal area etc etc, or is it consistent with some other object, or could it be entirely natural?
