Eric Gill and the BBC

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lucillelarusso · 13/01/2022 09:28

Listened to the today show and feeling sick.
Another example of the BBC's utter misogyny. They describe him as 'having sex' with his daughters rather than raping them, they defend his work. Revolting.

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ErrolTheDragon · 13/01/2022 10:34

Their history challenges received opinion on the inevitability of damage done by child abuse.

The writer of that piece seems aware that the adopted son may very possibly have been damaged.
But, that line is one of the dangerously weaselly things child sex abuse apologists say. No, damage isn't necessarily "inevitable", any more than abused children always turn into abusers. But the fact that some children may survive more or less ok is no excuse whatever. Playing Russian roulette with a child's life for one's sexual gratification or experimentation is never acceptable.

UltraVividLament · 13/01/2022 10:25

@Bonhex

The BBC has linked to a Guardian piece from 2009 which refers to Gill's "sexual experiments" with his daughters and claims that "Their history challenges received opinion on the inevitability of damage done by child abuse."

Wtf.
BBC and Guardian need to sort this asap.

I was astonished to read the line from the Guardian article. How could the writer of that piece possibly know what damage was done by this man to his children?? Having outwardly successful marriages and having children doesn't mean that they weren't damaged, or that another child in the same situation might not be damaged. If they came out of their childhood unharmed with this unpleasant, strange, controlling man as their father then that is their good fortune/luck - not evidence that abusing your daughters isn't harmful.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 13/01/2022 10:22

A statue which looks like a naked child with a dressed adult (note... I know this is not the characters in mythology they depict) created by a pedophile. How can anyone defend that particular statue staying?

Bonhex · 13/01/2022 10:16

www.theguardian.com/books/2009/oct/17/eric-gill-exhibition-fiona-maccarthy

Guardian link - not to be read on a full stomach.

Bonhex · 13/01/2022 10:14

The BBC has linked to a Guardian piece from 2009 which refers to Gill's "sexual experiments" with his daughters and claims that
"Their history challenges received opinion on the inevitability of damage done by child abuse."

Wtf.
BBC and Guardian need to sort this asap.

Barbarantia · 13/01/2022 09:51

All sex is just sex, dontcha know?
And we should loud and proud about sex, all sex, get it?

I'll see myself out now.

highame · 13/01/2022 09:48

but woke is Queer Theory and Queer Theory needs to decriminalise anything to do with sex

bishophaha · 13/01/2022 09:44

Momentarily confused him with other child sex offender Eric Joyce there. Had to read up on Gill.
I thought the bbc was woke? How can they can this anything other than rape?

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