I have posted some information from Oprah's web site on this site because I believe the information is good for those whom have had no experience with sexual abuse - and, hopefully, they never will.But, I strongly disagree with Oprah's Child Predator Watch List. It is a horrible, horrible misuse of her fame and does nothing but demonize those in the communities of the world - not the North America - who need help to stop the cycle of abuse.
I respect Oprah and what she is trying to do, but her statement of "enough, enough, enough" is doing nothing to improve the situation. I agree, there are sick people out there. And, what I mean by sick, are people who may abuse others, but they themselves require help as most of them were abused. Abusers do not just "pop out of the ground" - they are created by abuse. Yet, her program dehumanizes the abusers and paints them are nothing more than devil creatures, waiting in dark hallways to pounce upon the weak. The Predator Watch program doesn't address the fact that 95% of abusers know their victims - and most are close family (parents and relatives).
I think that activisim out of anger and frustration is wrong.
Oprah's heart is in the right place, but her television program is not the correct medium to talk about abuse.
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