I am incredibly pushed for time as am working on a piece demonstrating the links between professionals who give credence to conspiracy theories about satanic ritual abuse and who also promote the more extreme ends of the transgender movement.
Scotland is interesting to me as, like the South West of England and Canada, there is significant kool aid consumption and promoting of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
If the spread of dangerous pseudoscience can be likened to the spread of a virus (and I think that is one helpful way of looking at the situation) then Scotland is a territory in which pseudoscience is at epidemic levels.
I just wanted to share a name, this person is one of many,
Professor Rudi Dallos
an author on this paper, just reading the abstract left me feeling gaslighted and angry
abstract
The gender roles and identity of siblings have been found to be an important factor in the nature and quality of sibling relationships. With an increasing number of young people identifying as gender-diverse or transgender, this research aimed to develop a greater understanding of how young people make sense of their siblings’ gender diversity. Semi-structured interviews explored the experiences of eight sibling participants (aged 11–25 years) who have a sibling identifying as gender-diverse. Five overarching themes emerged from the thematic analysis of their transcribed interviews. These themes encapsulated commonalities and nuances within the sibling participants’ experiences and revealed a process of adjustment. Developing an increased understanding of transgender issues appeared to enable young people to embrace supportive roles, and as a consequence, they reported that their relationships with their gender-diverse siblings were enhanced. However, the sibling participants’ increased understanding of transgender issues also generated significant fears and concerns about their siblings’ well-being and their sibling relationships. From understanding more about these eight young people’s experiences, suggestions are given for how specialist services might best support siblings of gender-diverse young people along their processes of adjustment.
www.researchgate.net/publication/332324411_Understanding_more_about_how_young_people_make_sense_of_their_siblings_changing_gender_identity_How_this_might_affect_their_relationships_with_their_gender-diverse_siblings_and_their_experiences
Dallos is a speaker / trainer with a charity called Children in Scotland
Prof Rudi Dallos
Rudi is Professor and Research Director on the Clinical Psychology training programme at the University of Plymouth. He has practised as a family therapist for more than 30 years and is currently engaged in a major research programme to evaluate a systemic/attachment-based therapy (SAFE) for families with a child with a diagnosis of autism.
Prof Dallos has published several books including, An Introduction to Family Therapy (2000), Attachment Narrative Therapy (2006), Systemic Therapy and Attachment Narratives (2009) and Attachment and Family Therapy (2014).
source: (scroll down)
<a class="break-all" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200211123355/childreninscotland.org.uk/events/our-speakers-and-trainers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">web.archive.org/web/20200211123355/childreninscotland.org.uk/events/our-speakers-and-trainers/
Dallos is also involved with various SRA promoters who also promote attachment theory at the Bowlby Centre, a one time reputable organisation whose credence has been compromised by repeatedly hosting bizarre events about satanic ritual abuse and dissociative identity disorder.
Dallos co-edited/authored a book that depicts the Cleveland abuse scandal, in which completely innocent parents were accused of satanic ritual abuse and had their children taken away and interrogated by deranged and deluded social workers, in a highly unusual way.
anyone interested can read part of the book here (scroll up to the top of the page)
books.google.co.uk/books?id=dVD1As8I6FcC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22Rudi+Dallos%22+%22ritual+abuse%22&source=bl&ots=b_qarEn54E&sig=ACfU3U1klac4Icgxz3VLDn3AEUptzb4P0w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg3ri83-7nAhXjlFwKHbV0D8QQ6AEwAnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Rudi%20Dallos%22%20%22ritual%20abuse%22&f=false
Apologies for posting in haste, there are so many horrible connections here, just sharing a little snippet for anyone with similar interests to my own