I am a fence sitter, I do not believe or purport to know for certain who murdered JonBenet, but I do understand how one's opinion that JonBenet was sexually abused prior to her death could sway someone to believe that she was killed by someone she knew/someone in her family. This reasoning seems plausible, i.e., for someone to sexually abuse JonBenet over the long term they would have to have been in close proximity and had access to her.
What I would like to know is where do these ideas that JonBenet was sexually abused come from? Yes, I know that there was evidence of prior trauma to the vaginal area in the autopsy report, a 1 X 1 cm hole in the hymen, repeated visits to the doctor for yeast infections, and someone somewhere mentioned that JonBenet had a vaginal opening a lot bigger than other children her age (by the way, who said this, where is it cited, and why wasn't it noted in the autopsy). But this information alone does not imply that JonBenet was sexually abused.
Just thinking outloud here... Patsy admits that she was lax in her toliet training practices with JonBenet because of her ordeal and hospitalization with cancer, but even if she had been the most diciplined in toliet training, it is not uncommon for children of this age to be bedwetters, especially if they were under so much pressure to be perfect as it seems JonBenet was and if they experience the hospitalization and subsequent separtion from a significant caregiver (i.e., Patsy) at an early age. But the fact that JonBenet was a bedwetter does not imply that she was sexually abused.
Is there scientific evidence to support the idea that bedwetting can cause yeast infections as some people on this site have asserted?
About the tear in the hymen and size of the vaginal opening, isn't it possible that any combination of things besides sexual abuse could have caused this?... Horseback riding, masturbation, the new bicycle she was seen riding on Christmas morning, or perhaps the administration of medication (vaginal suppositories/applicator tubes of medicinal creme) for treatment of yeast infections. I am no expert on the treatment of yeast infections, but I have seen enough commercials and magazine ads to know that many treatments involve insertion of some applicator tube of medicine or suppository into the vagina. Would these treatments alone be enough to cause a tear or stretching of the vagina?
I have also read on another post the suggestion that Patsy was using douches on JonBenet as treatment for her yeast infections or as a cancer prevention. Perhaps Patsy had a fear that JonBenet would get cancer as well and this fear led to a strict regime of douching, cleaning her private area, etc. There is scientific evidence that excessive douching can lead to yeast infections, and that infections in general in the urinary/pelvic/genital region can lead to incontinence/bedwetting. So maybe JonBenet wasn't sexally abused in the strictest sense of the word, i.e., her body was not invaded for the gratification of another, but rather she was subject to an excessive cleansing regime based on an obsessive fear by Patsy that JonBenet would otherwise get cancer.
Sometimes when we are given a set of observable facts (i.e., tear in the hymen, vaginal trauma, etc.) it is quite easy to make a jump to conclude one scenario (sexual abuse). I am reminded of the old joke "What animal is gray, has big ears, and a trunk?" First thing kids think of is an elephant, but the answer is a mouse with a suitcase. Maybe that is the case here, maybe the facts fit another scenario.
PS. Yes, I am aware of the evidence that JonBenet had fibers on her genital area from JR's clothing, but as I have posted before, this information alone does not mean she was sexually abused. She lived in the same house and shared the same washer/dryer as her family, her father could have helped her get out of the bath and thus transfered fibers, or any other plausible, non-sexual way.
What I would like to know is where do these ideas that JonBenet was sexually abused come from? Yes, I know that there was evidence of prior trauma to the vaginal area in the autopsy report, a 1 X 1 cm hole in the hymen, repeated visits to the doctor for yeast infections, and someone somewhere mentioned that JonBenet had a vaginal opening a lot bigger than other children her age (by the way, who said this, where is it cited, and why wasn't it noted in the autopsy). But this information alone does not imply that JonBenet was sexually abused.
Just thinking outloud here... Patsy admits that she was lax in her toliet training practices with JonBenet because of her ordeal and hospitalization with cancer, but even if she had been the most diciplined in toliet training, it is not uncommon for children of this age to be bedwetters, especially if they were under so much pressure to be perfect as it seems JonBenet was and if they experience the hospitalization and subsequent separtion from a significant caregiver (i.e., Patsy) at an early age. But the fact that JonBenet was a bedwetter does not imply that she was sexually abused.
Is there scientific evidence to support the idea that bedwetting can cause yeast infections as some people on this site have asserted?
About the tear in the hymen and size of the vaginal opening, isn't it possible that any combination of things besides sexual abuse could have caused this?... Horseback riding, masturbation, the new bicycle she was seen riding on Christmas morning, or perhaps the administration of medication (vaginal suppositories/applicator tubes of medicinal creme) for treatment of yeast infections. I am no expert on the treatment of yeast infections, but I have seen enough commercials and magazine ads to know that many treatments involve insertion of some applicator tube of medicine or suppository into the vagina. Would these treatments alone be enough to cause a tear or stretching of the vagina?
I have also read on another post the suggestion that Patsy was using douches on JonBenet as treatment for her yeast infections or as a cancer prevention. Perhaps Patsy had a fear that JonBenet would get cancer as well and this fear led to a strict regime of douching, cleaning her private area, etc. There is scientific evidence that excessive douching can lead to yeast infections, and that infections in general in the urinary/pelvic/genital region can lead to incontinence/bedwetting. So maybe JonBenet wasn't sexally abused in the strictest sense of the word, i.e., her body was not invaded for the gratification of another, but rather she was subject to an excessive cleansing regime based on an obsessive fear by Patsy that JonBenet would otherwise get cancer.
Sometimes when we are given a set of observable facts (i.e., tear in the hymen, vaginal trauma, etc.) it is quite easy to make a jump to conclude one scenario (sexual abuse). I am reminded of the old joke "What animal is gray, has big ears, and a trunk?" First thing kids think of is an elephant, but the answer is a mouse with a suitcase. Maybe that is the case here, maybe the facts fit another scenario.
PS. Yes, I am aware of the evidence that JonBenet had fibers on her genital area from JR's clothing, but as I have posted before, this information alone does not mean she was sexually abused. She lived in the same house and shared the same washer/dryer as her family, her father could have helped her get out of the bath and thus transfered fibers, or any other plausible, non-sexual way.