Jerry Sandusky, Msrg. William Lynn and the Horace Mann School
Child sexual abuse has recently been the focus of three high-profile stories. Most prominently, former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexually assaulting 10...
View ArticleThe Goldwater Rule and the FMSF
In the aftermath of the terrible tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, a few news organizations have broadcast remarks from various “armchair psychologists,” who have purported to analyze the gunman without...
View ArticleThe FMSF Fades
The are many indications that the False Memory Syndrome Foundation is fading away. An electronic “FMSF news alert” sent on January 14th claims otherwise, but let’s look at the facts. (1) The FMSF did...
View ArticleBlind to Betrayal
Professor Jennifer Freyd has a new book with Pamela Birrell called Blind to Betrayal. The book, officially published today, explores various case studies involving betrayal, its effects and how victims...
View ArticleA Letter to Remember
One important function for this blog is to preserve information that might otherwise be lost in the historical account of the so-called memory wars. This entry is a reminder about an important letter...
View ArticleThe $115,000 Question
A loyal reader of this site pointed our attention to a curious entry in the tax returns filed by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, the organization spent $63,500 on...
View ArticleBill Cosby and the FMSF
Bill Cosby was finally charged last month with aggravated sexual assault. Those who wondered why no charges had been brought, even after 35 women told their stories to New York magazine, learned that...
View Article“False memory syndrome” is politics, not jargon
Dr. Julie Shaw has a blog post at Scientific American called “Stop Calling It False Memory ‘Syndrome.’” Shaw is frustrated because “lawyers, police, medical practitioners, and journalists” continue to...
View Article“A Big To-Do About Nothing”
Does the False Memory Syndrome Foundation view child sexual abuse as a serious problem? They have always claimed to care about sexual abuse and Pamela Freyd has always responded with indignation to...
View ArticleBill Cosby and the FMSF, Redux
With so much attention on the jury that deadlocked today in the Bill Cosby case, many people are asking why prosecutors in other states have not been able to bring charges in connection with any of the...
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