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Ghislaine Maxwell

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RadandMad · 04/07/2020 15:57

Not GC, but I'd be interested to hear what you think motivated GM to do the stuff she did. I mean she's rich, beautiful, Oxbridge educated, so what on earth did Epstein have to offer her? If she was simply in love with him, how did that work given he evidently preferred young girls to her. I'm intrigued by the psychology at work here.

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 04/07/2020 16:19

I read something that said she had an 80k per year trust fund after her father died, which is not enough(!) to live the billionaire lifestyle she was used to.
Also: her upbringing was clearly abusive.
I think if the allegations are true she probably enjoyed abusing on her own account rather than just doing it for Epstein though.

TornadoOfSouls · 04/07/2020 16:18

Floisme is right of course. I felt relieved to read that GM had been arrested - I hope the victims get justice, that is indeed what matters here.

Goosefoot · 04/07/2020 16:16

I think someone who does stuff like that is missing some sort of empathetic ability or moral centre. That could easily come from awful trauma but some seem to be just born that way.

Some people don't seem to care about anyone else, or don't really think of other people as real.

Sexual motivation might be part of it too, or money as people said.

TornadoOfSouls · 04/07/2020 16:16

A lot of the time women do things for male approval and to feel superior to other women. They often don’t realise this themselves, IMO. I think also just seeing herself, Epstein etc as superior in general.

Floisme · 04/07/2020 16:16

I have no idea and quite honestly all my interest and concerns are for the young girls who were abused. I hope they get justice.

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RadandMad · 04/07/2020 16:16

@AllWashedOut

She was groomed by her own terrible father to please men. With GM you are looking at a deeply traumatised individual. This does not excuse her acts however.
No, not excusing her at all. Just perplexed as to what she was getting out of that situation. Maybe I'm sexist, in that I find it difficult to believe women can be perverts and paedophiles in the same way men can.
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SerenityNowwwww · 04/07/2020 16:14

Flashy lifestyle, parties, movie stars.... I don’t know if she had money of her own - dad embezzled didn't he? I read that Epstein said he would look after her financially.

Mrsjayy · 04/07/2020 16:14

No I don't think she was as "loaded" as she thought she deserved

AllWashedOut · 04/07/2020 16:12

She was groomed by her own terrible father to please men. With GM you are looking at a deeply traumatised individual. This does not excuse her acts however.

MonsteraCheeseplant · 04/07/2020 16:12

I can never understand the women that facilitate sex abuse for men. When I we watching the documentary about this I did wonder why she wasn't arrested sooner.

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RadandMad · 04/07/2020 16:12

Isn't she loaded on her own account, though? I didn't think she needed Epstein's money, and I think she probably had far more social status than him.

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LouHotel · 04/07/2020 16:10

I think that in social circles that are overwhelmingly wealthy then power and control will ultimately be a bigger motivator.

Mrsjayy · 04/07/2020 16:09

Money and status is imo what motivated her she thought herself above the children and young women she groomed.

OldeMagick · 04/07/2020 16:03

Not psychology - money

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