Chapter 4,‘Organised abuse and the pleasures of disbelief’, uses Zizek’s (1991) insights into cite political role of enjoyment to analyse the hyperbole and scorn that has characterised the sceptical account of organised and ritualistic abuse. The central argument of this chapter is that organised abuse has come to public attention primarily as a subject of ridicule within the highly partisan writings of journalists, academics and activists aligned with advocacy groups for people accused of sexual abuse. Whilst highlighting the pervasive misrepresentations that characterise these accounts, the chapter also implicates media consumers in the production of ignorance and disdain in relation to organised abuse and women’s and children’s accounts of sexual abuse more generally.
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MICHAEL SALTER The literature on ritualistic abuse suggests that ritualistic sexual practices with young children a... MICHAEL SALTER The data on organised abuse has been simplified or distorted in an attempt force it to conform to me... MICHAEL SALTER A lot of attention has been given over to the Catholic Churches sexual abuse of children in their ca... STEPHEN RICHARDS You can avoid the issues from abuse for only so long. Sooner or later, the problems in your life cau... BEVERLY ENGEL Many survivors struggle to believe the abuse happened. They don’t want to believe it. It’s too p... LAURA DAVIS Women involved in out-patient treatment for substance abuse were interviewed to examine their recoll... ELIZABETH F. LOFTUS Although there are more than six million documents on the Internet addressing the issue of ritual ab... FREDA BRIGGS Some mental healthcare workers are aware of clients with high needs, such as dissociative disorders ... 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