A retired Aurora police sergeant faces criminal charges for raping his daughter and continually sexually assaulting her and his two adopted daughters, but he remains free from custody while his ex-wife is in jail for objecting to court-ordered reunification therapy meant to repair his relationship with two of his sons.

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    2 months ago

    No. There is no right to force another human to feel something for you. Period.

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      2 months ago

      Sure, but you’re not trying to force positive feelings, you’re trying to break down negative feelings that may not be based in reality.

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        2 months ago

        That’s the same thing. Especially when much of reality where personal relationships are involved is subjective.

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          2 months ago

          No, it isn’t at all. If you have an arachnophobia, treating your fear is not making you like spiders. Simply addressing the aversion. Nobody properly engaging in the therapy is trying to brainwash kids into loving someone, just reducing the aversion.

          Check something more rigorous about the topic, don’t just use news articles of cases of failure and unethical choices to form your full opinion. You know damn well how the news is, what they profit from, how times where the therapy actually went well because it was used appropriately will not be reported. And social media isn’t much better when it comes to factuality.

          The Psychology Today article I posted properly cited its sources.