LinasK said:
I agree with you Rashomon, and I think JB was sexually abused. Madonna and LaToya Jackson are prime examples of women who were sexually abused who show no boundaries. It fits, when you get used to someone dealing with your private areas, that she would think nothing of asking anyone to wipe her.
I didn't know that Madonna had been sexually abused too, but this would indeed explain a lot of her strange behavior.
Even the doctor who diagnosed my gonorhea at 10 months didn't say a word.It was docmented in my medical files that I retreived when I was in my 30's. It was all a big secret! Not to me though.
OMG, Concernedperson, it is heartbreaking to hear what you had to go through! The pediatrician who did not say anything should have been indicted. For a child having gonorrhea at 10 months could only have gotten it from sexual abuse, and it would have been his duty to report this.
I know about a horrible case in my neighborhood too where a father had abused his daughter from the age when she was an infant, but stopped when she was about three years old. He probably thought that she would not remember, and for many years this child seemed normal, went to school, had friends, appeared well adapted, etc. But she had remembered, and when becoming an adolescent, developed anorexia and tried to commit suicide. She got a therapy because of the suicide attempt, and it was only then when she finally was able to confide in the therapist and it all spilled out. This poor girl had kept this terrible burden to herself during all the years. My heart goes out to her and all the other victims, and I want to thank you, Concernedperson and all the posters who have shared their experiences. It helps to look behind the surface of things, and in terms of the JB case 'to think the unthinkable' - that JB could also have been the victim of prior sexual abuse.
And who knows what JonBenet's pediatrician Dr. Boef (just like your doctor) knew and did not say anything about because of simple cowardice.
According to Dr. Meyer, what remained of JB's hymen was a rim of tissue running from the 10 o'clock to the 2 o'clock position. (PMPT, p. 56).
A six-year-old child with her hymen mostly gone would point to sexual abuse, and the majority of medical experts agreed on that.
The 'explanation' offered by some pitbull Ramsey defenders on certain forums that bubble bath can erode a hymen is somewhat ridiculous and imo a lame attempt to direct the attention away from the truth.
