The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1984 Improper reaction to assault may worsen child's trauma By TAMMY LINGG Collegian Staff Writer The reaction of authority figures to'a case of child molestation has a great deal to do with the psycho logical impact the incident has on the victim, the director of the sex offender program for the Connect icut Department of Correction said Friday. A. Nicholas Groth said that not every victim of incest or child molestation will be traumatized. Through the use of examples, Groth said parents sometimes overreact to the sexual abuse of their child and cause further trau ma. In contrast, law enforcement officials often handle a situation by communicating with the child on a level which he or she can understand., This type of commu nication can prevent further trau matization and often helps officials apprehend the offender, he said. Several dangers exist for chil dren who are victims of incest or child molestation. One is the dam age clone to their self-esteem, Groth said. Because of what has happened, people treat them dif ferently than before. They per ceive the child , to be no longer innocent now that he or she has been prematurely exposed to sex uality. But it is very important for children to be reassured that they are no different than before, he said. Another reaction by children to victimization is an inability to form personal relationships, Groth said. This happens especial ly when children are victimized by someone who is close to them, such as in cases of incest. Groth said that the premature introduction to sexuality teaches the victims of incest and child molestation that se,x is a means of control. This is a dangerous lesson for the victimized child and often facilitates the process in which the child moves from the position of the victim to that of the victimizer. Depression, anger and guilt are also emotions a molested child often must deal with, he said. Because incest and child moles tation are such reprehensible crimes, society has a tendency to FOLLOW SMOKEY'S RULES ALWAYS hold matches till cold. LOOK! NE • Congo Bongo a Pro So. • Bump, & Jump a Lock & Chas plus all your old favorites THE LOWEST PRI ANYWHER 8 Tokens iEVE For Only IDAY - - , 2 FREE TOKENS WHEN YOU BUY 8 (y6' Shape Up Financially want to ignore them, he said. As a result, several myths have arisen concerning the crimes. One myth is a tendency to think the child is lying, he said. • "It's a rather curious thought, when you think about it," Groth said. "But somehow, in a society that represses sexuality so much, that shrouds sexuality with such secrecy, that avoids dealing with this aspect of children's devel opment, people think this is the kind of thing that. children are going to make up." Another myth that has arisen about child molestation is what Groth calls the myth of the seduc tive child. Groth said offenders who used alleged seduction as an excuse for the victimization were either misinterpreting the child's actions or diminishing responsibil ity. "Sometimes I've asked the of fenders, 'What do you mean by seductive?' " Groth said. "What they described was simply' age appropriate behavior on the part of the child. They'd say 'Well, she crawled into my lap, she wiggled around, she put her arms , around me and she'd kiss me on the neck.' " But when Groth asked them the child's age, they often told him the child was as young as three years. Groth said he calls a third myth about child molestation the monster myth. This stems from the fact that most people find the crime so ugly that they believe the perpetrator must be similarly as bad. In one case, Groth said, a child with a reputation of being difficult at school and at home claimed to have been abducted, locked in the trunk of a car, driven to an unfa miliar area and then sexually mo lested. When the ensuing investigation found a clergyman to be the sus pect, Groth said the child's story suddenly lost most of its credibili ty. It was later discovered the clergyman had molested the child. Another myth that exists about child molestation is that young girls are the primary victims. Although most of the offenders are men, Groth said boys and girls are almost equal in their rates of vic timization. Assi..l.***.wswssa.ss.s***, t [[ NITTANY 46 HI ( fr PHOTO Color Prints in One Hour V V V A VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL illillP dike . 1 / 2 Off All Frames i al w_e_ ~ . (Feb. 14 Only) IP Übe A A . ` PAPER 234 E. College Ave. ip • Below Mid-State Bank as v A ., , ...for a Good Look A 44444444444444444440 Donate Plasma And Earn Extra Money Yvette, is hooked on fitness. She stays in great physical shape by dancing ten hours a week. And to stay in great financial shape, she donates plasma twice a week at Sera-Tec. 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According to the February publication of the newsletter "Agrichemical Notes," written by Hock, these guidelines set a maximum of 900 parts per. billion (ppb) of residue in raw grains, 150 ppb in grhin products that require cooking before con sumption and 30 ppb in ready-to-eat products. Peter Slocum, director of public affairs for the New York State Health Department, said certain amounts of EDB have been shown to affect the reproductive systems in animals and are potential carcinogens "We have determined that the EPA levels did not provide the kind of safety factor that we normally like to apply for toxic chemicals," Slocum said. "It is a matter that requires a national action plan." Although the pesticide has the potential of being a health risk, it has never been positively shown to cause cancer in human beings, Hock said. SERA - TEC BIOLOGICALS "The problem is that nobiidy can really at this point positively declare that a certain amount (of EDB) is harmful and a certain amount isn't harm ful," he added. Robert Metcalf, a biologist at the University6f Illinois and a former member of the science advi , sory panel of the EPA, said he found that EDB was effective in producing cancer in 80 to 95 percent of the exposed laboratory animals tested: He added that it did not matter if the chemical was adminis tered orally or by vapor. "That is a very high percentage," Metcalf said. "This is a very potent carcinogen (when) com pared to other pesticides." Metcalf said that last year the EPA set a level of only one ppb of EDB in ready-to-eat foods as being safe for consumers. He added that he thinks the new EPA guidelines are inadequate when the public's health is taken into consideration. According to the newsletter, the Grocery, Man ufacturers of America found that cooking tends 'to destroy most EDB residues. It can reduce the amount of EDB by 78 to 99 percent in wheat products and 94 to 99 percent in corn products. Although cooking may significantly reduce the EDB residue present in food, a'danger still exists of being exposed to the vapors that escape into the atmosphere David Kurtz, an analytical chemist at the Univer sity's Pesticide Research Lab, said the pesticide is "a pretty volatile material." Kurtz said one problem that exists is that build ers are now constructing. houses with increased amounts of insulation. The insulation makes the house air-tight and allows little circulation. Al though the EDB vapors are heavier than air, they Seniors • m Graduate Students II Co-op Students N Summer Students • A i nnotirtei n g oo s lee ua_ ation al t rott, Info mau l i p Day Sign Wednesday, February 15 , 1984 -. 12 Noon - 6:00 pm Hub Ballroom Hetzel Memorial Union Seniors/Graduate Students: BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering Science or . 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Walter was the winner in the event. have a tendency for rising if it is hot or if there is a fan operating. ."You can still breathe it in," he said. The Bureau of Foods and Chemistry of the Pennsylvania Department of. Agriculture is cur rently conducting tests to measure the amount of EDB residue present in various food products. According to a prepared statement by State Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell, of 29 food products samples tested, none showed levels of EDB that exceeded the EPA guidelines. "Our food inspectors will be sampling foods which have .been identified in other states as containing levels of EDB above the acceptable limits," the statement said. "Where our testing shows similar levels, these products will be remov ed from sale." • Robert Bunty, a spokesman for the state Depart ment of Agriculture; said: "We have found no products in Pennsylvania which even approach those guidelines established by the EPA." He also said about 45 inspectors from his bureau have been going through the state, taking samples of grain products and testing them for EDB. Of about 163 samples tested, only 40 have shown any detectable traces of the residue. "We are enforcing those guidelines that went into effect," Bunty added. "We will take appropriate steps if we find' anything," Slocum .said when there is no human exposure, scientists must base their decisions on the results obtained in laboratory animal tests. According to Bunty, however, the experiments performed using EDB on laboratory animals have no relevance to the danger the pesticide imposes on humans. free lance Modern love: Technology's on relationships By GRACE LoMONACO Collegian Staff Writer Today is the traditional day for love, flowers, hearts and cupids, but with the rise of technology, many traditions may be threatened with changes in society and personal relationships. Theodore R. Vallance, who teaches technological change and human values, (Liberal Arts 480), says people in general are affected with technical change. As far back as the industrial Revolution, when jobs started taking people out of the home, technology gave the family less opportunity to interact. When the typewriter came into being, it gave women a more respectable role in the working world, Valiance says. Before office work, women worked in sweat shops. Vallance says that although he does not • have the proof, the telephone has weakened the art of letter writing. Therefore, a lot is said and forgotten while the written word can be evaluated Even the car changed values because now children could get away from their parents, he says. Anisa Zvonkovic who teaches Foundations of Marriage (Individual and Family. Studies 318) says technological advances, like the car, have changed relationships along with students living away from home, but they have not necessarily added to permissiveness. "(Technology) made it easier to find privacy and what you do in your privacy depends on your values," she says. Zvonkovic (graduate-human developement and family studies) says the trend for college students in the 1980 s seems to be moving towards the conservative side with men and women about equal in sexual activity compared to the 1960 s when men were very sexually active and women were not as active, she explains. The class discusses wide varieties of standards from abstinence to permissiveness, Zvonkovic says. Families' future Valiance says our latest technology computers is a risk to freedom, though, because people's beliefs and attitudes are easily obtained. He explains, for example, through polls similar to the Nielson ratings which monitors what is being watched on'the television a political party can stay in office by finding out what issues appeal to various interest groups. Also, this information can be stored to be used against a person in the future, he says. Yet, computers may help women and men to work at home as long as they have a telephone to transfer the work to the office. "Maybe technology can help if the mother is stuck in traditional roles," Valiance says. "Technology can do something for love in the family." He says he is worried about both parents working out of the home. "Children need someone to raise them, and transitory babysitters don't set standards," he says. "(Children) need role models to tell them what's right and wrong. "Without a steady teacher in the home, people risk to lose well defined moral codes." he explains. Many families need both parents to work and children tend to follow older children's role models. Thomas Poole, program'coordinator for the office of religidus affairs, believes that any two-career relationship is tough because of a different sharing of roles that must be accepted, but it will work if the couple realizes their responsibilities. "In the ideal, it would be great to have a parent with the child all day, but we don't live in the ideal world because of economical considerations and traditional garbage," Poole says. Media and sexuality The family is both an economic and an emotional unit, Valiance says. Family social effects intercourse is quite different since the television has been introduced to the home. He adds that psychologists say that although the family is in physical proximity, this does not necessarily put it into a closer effective relationship. ' Media have affected society's view of sex and sexuality, explains, his wife, Jean Val lance, a certified registered nurse practition er at the Family Health Services. Advertisements we see "day and night are bound to hit us." "We're not made of plastic, but women believe in (advertisements), live by them, and men do, too," she says. "Americans have always felt that new developemepts are always right," Jean Valiance says. "The question is, 'is it really good?' " Poole believes television has made relationships physically oriented, superficial and egotistical. "It's a total negation to the other aspects of a relationship;" he said. "I don't think we blindly follow it, but society changes that way." A trend has started that life is not consequential no matter what you do, Poole explains, but our actions are going to bring consequences. "There are all kinds of evidence that people value short, superficial relationships. The bar scene tends to be like that," he says. "But there's no place where people who want deep relationships can gather." The pill, a liberator? According to Theodore Vallance, the birth control pill has•alleged to liberate women but instead it makes them more exploitable. "It's a technology that has made a big difference in love in the past 20 years," he said. Jean Vallance says sexual freedom does not exist. Although women tend to believe if they take the birth control pill they are "home free," she says, it can cause problems and in rare instances, threaten life. "Technology alters sexual relationships," Jean Valiance said. • Women are exploiting themselves in assuming complete responsibility of contraception, unless they have talked it over with their partner and decided on that method, Jean Vallance says. The practitioners at the clinic do not promote one form of birth control over another. If a woman visits with her mind set on a certain form, or if she just wants to talk about the various form: of birth control they oblige, she said, but the client's health is a consideration and the practitioners may recommend against a form if it is a health risk. "Abstinence always works, but it may be unrealistic," she says, "Contraception is here to stay." Jean Valiance believes people are becoming a little more responsible about relationships: "It's an era of caring of one's self. We think nothing of brushing our teeth and eating this is just another health measure," Jean Valiance says." The pill is safer than any pregnancy." Birth Control is not a new concept, Jean Valiance adds, plants, herbs and even gun powder have all been tried. Ancient Egyptians even used the bladder of goats for condoms. "Technology had made it ultimately safer for women through more sterile practices," she says. The latest form of contraception is the rhythm method, discovered in 1936 by Kyasaku Ogino from Japan and Hermann Knaus from Austria. The Catholic Church recognizes this as the only acceptable form of contraception and Jean Valiance believes religions not a factor in the use of contraception. The'clinic receives people from every religious sect from all over the world, due to the diverse population attending the University. Some religious groups think pre-marital' sex is immoral and contraception makes it planned,.while others teach to deal with it responsibly, according to Poole. Poole says each different religious organization has its own way of centering on the quality of relationships with values, assumptions and family backgrounds emphasized. "It's amazing how little some people communicate when on the verge of getting married," Poole says. "We'd all like to think that we love each other . . . but when the cupboard is bare, anxiety rises." Social technology at PSU The Undergraduate Student Government is uting high technology to affect the social lives of the students (and professors) at the University with a computer date match. USG business manager Lenny Piotrowski (junior-Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management) claims approximately 1,800 have already submitted applications to the Great lovers and gifts of love By GRACE LoMONACO Collegian Staff Writer For everybody who is celebrating Valentine's Day .with their favorite mate, some famous figures give some hints on how to really enjoy. According to the Book of Lists, here are some tough acts to follow. The French film star Brigitte Bardot, at an interview when she was 40 years old, said she "must have had a man every night." If calculated from the time she was 20 years old and giving her an arbitrary 76 days a year for travel, illness, menstruation or rest, Bardot had 4,980 nights of sexual activity. Another famous silver screen star, Mae West, was once quoted as saying "I do all of my best work in bed" when asked how she went about writing her memoirs. One of her anecdotes was one session of lovemaking with a prodigy named Ted that lasted 15 consecutive hours. Possibly a sexual marathon record? According to his memoirs, Giovanni Giacomo Casanova seduced thousands of women although only 116 are named. The promiscuous womanizer's specialty was seducing his friends' wives and daughters. He enjoyed taking baths with his companions while eating oysters, (supposedly an aphrodisiac). An exotic dancer in Paris, but better known for spying for the Germans, Mata Hari slept with men for state secrets. It has been estimated that her "tactics" caused the deaths of 50,000 Allied soldiers. When the Germans betrayed her, six former lovers tried to scheme up ways to save Mata Hari from the French firing squad that took her life. The "Queen of the Nile," Cleopatra, was not centerfold material but was well versed in the art of lovemaking. She took her first lover when she was 12 years old and used sex for power and pleasure. Cleopatra supposedly erected a temple where she kept young male lovers who were fed drugs to increase their sex drive. It Was in this temple that the queen practiced erotic secrets that she learned in Alexandria with up to 100 men a night. • King Solom'on, the third king of Israel, enjoyed 700 wives and from 60 to 300 mistresses during his 40 'year reign. The man who gave us the word sadism, the Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois (Marquis) de Sade lived a scandalous life of infidelity and sexual perversion. The Frenchman was involved in the Rosa Keller affair, when he tortured a Parisian 0 ° I --_ -- `.~ rilllllllll\ \II \\ 11 USG computer date match service. The applicants will receive their list of names and numbers of their date matches between Feb. 17 and 21. Piotrowski says applicants would like to believe that the computer will find a match but no risk is involved because a full refund is given to those who the computer does not come up with at least three date matches. Jeff Koenigsberg (senior -history) is one of the 1,800 applicants for the computer date match. He says he applied to find a woman he will be able to have a meaningful relationship with and hopes others who entered are looking for the same thing. "It's better than looking at a party for something appealing to the eye," Koenigsberg said."ln society, people are just looking for superficial relationships. "People tend to value short term relationships as if they were efforts when they really didn't try at all." If the computer date match works, he says prostitute. He was tried and sentenced to • death for being involved in the Marseilles scandal, an orgy where he was accused of sodomy, torture and poisoning participants with chocolate-covered bonbons. (Watch out for that gift of chocolates). Sade was spared by the king and wrote "100 Days of Sodom" in which he described 600 variations of the sex instinct. Nevertheless, be wary of the person who thinks he can match these famous busy lovers even Attila the Hun died while in the act. Not everybody is a great lover but they may want to impress that certain someone with a gift. Well, if the right gift just can not be found think of these more than generous love offerings: Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor the modest 69.42-carat Cartier-Burton diamond valued at 61.95 million. But Burton did not stop there, he also gave her the most 1 60 pc3 The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1984 he wants to meet someone with a compatible personality. He says the computer method is "just another way of finding a date." Konensberg says he can see a lot wrong with the computer date match, but USG is making a good effort to match the right •. people. A little skeptical of it because the questionaire does not ask all the questions it has to, he says he is not taking it too seriously and doing it mainly for curiousity and it would be fun to try. Mike Berstein (senior-general arts and sciences) also applied for the computer date match because it is hard to meet people at parties. "When you do, people are tired of the same questions like their term, major and if they're getting along with their roommate," he said. Berstein says the computer date match will get the conversation past the usual and the couple can talk about their interests more. With a relationship in mind, Berstein says at least he will make a few more friends. expensive mink in the world (at the time $125,000), the 33.9-carat Krupp diamond ($350,000), the "Ping-Pong" diamond ($38,000), La Peregrina pearl ($37,000), an emerald ($93,000) and a sapphire brooch ($65,000). Cleopatra at a feast in honor of Mark Antony put two priceless pearls in a glass of wine and drank them to his health saying tribute to Mark Antony should far surpass the price of any feast If physical fitness fanatics want to impress their date they could give them a replica of the $lO,OOO bicycle "Diamond Jim" Brady gave to Lillian Russel. It was gold-platted, complete with mother of pearl handlebars and spokes encrusted with diamond chips, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. It may be a bit extravagant, but remember, a single rose is approximately $5 downtown. z '' , ,;„,''' . • y ' aim. a I.* .2 "; `;'/ 2fr • ti /
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