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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I can't say I've read the work personally, so I make no claims to its accuracy, but I don't find it shocking either. With so many personality traits obviously genetic in nature, why would negative traits like an abusive nature be exempt and purely nurture?
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I wish I could remember the name of the book that I read in my human sexuality class that covered this exact situation. The basics of what the phsycologists' research actually negated the theory that abusive children become abusers. One specific case story I read about was of two twins, both males, who were the offspring of a sexual abuser, who abused both of the boys at a young age. The boys were taken from him, but wound up with two separate adoptive parents. One boy grew up and became an abuser himself of his own children, where the other, who grew up in a different home and upbringing, grew up as "normal" as could be expected. Had his own children, but was not an abuser. I really do wish I could remember the title of the book, or the doctor's name. I will have to drag out my old school papers to see if I can find it!