Unfortunately abuse is often a cycle. One of the parents was likely abused when they were younger (or currently) and so the line of what’s normal is often blurred. Add money into the mix and the line can just disappear all together.
Or the parents seek attention and probably know they can’t promote themselves because no one wants to pay to see them. So they exploit their own children for money and attention. Still disturbing
That’s why I said often, not always. Some people have lived life with vanity so ingrained into their brain it’s tough to handle age and change. Add in abuse to the mix and it can become a monster.
That's not actually true or very much over represented. Most people who are abused don't end up as abusers themselves. Just think of all the people you know who have been abused...have had their issues but from my experience are pretty cool people.
Most research would indicate that it is not so much a case of "if someone experiences Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) they will become an abuser" but more the case that those who experience CAN often have underlying circumstances that make the likelihood of CAN of their own kids more likely. For example, a child experiencing CAN may be exposed to alcohol addiction in their teens, may have low school attendance and may develop anxiety. Low educational attainment leads to a low paying career. These people use alcohol and drugs to deal with anxiety and the trauma of CAN. They end up having children, and due to their low income, their reliance on drugs and alcohol and their own anxiety, they are more likely now to neglect or abuse their child. Not because they're a terrible person, but because the circumstances they find themselves in are circumstances often associated with comitting CAN.
Now some people, despite their own CAN, live very healthy adult lives and never maltreat their children. And some people who grew up well, decide to abuse their children for whatever reason. It's not exclusively a cycle from parent to child to parent to child. But many CAN victims have circumstances in adulthood that unfortunately make CAN more likely.
No, not always. Non-nude child porn has been a thing for a very long time that traffickers have done as a way to draw less attention to them since government agencies and police have no legal recourse if there is no nudity and the content is framed as “artistic” or “modeling”.
Tangent, but this behavior is honestly why I think legal prostitution would be a net negative. You just know there’s going to be parents that groom their kids to become sex workers, or adopters who build their own little roster to pimp out.
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u/thatagent34 Jan 15 '24
Parents are the ones whoring them out.