In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.

1.5M ratings
277k ratings

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
cubistemoji doubleca5t
filmnoirsbian

Reagan-era "stranger danger" panic has done so much harm to americans' sense of community. It cemented the idea that only the nuclear family could be trusted with the care of the child, deterred people from cooperative living with an extended community, and continues to place abuse victims in danger by perpetuating the misconception that most child abuse is done by strangers rather than someone they know. It is in our best interest to become more interdependent than we were raised to be.

theboombutton

The widespread nature of child sexual abuse came to society's notice during this era. The Satanic Panic and the hyping of Stranger Danger served different purposes for different groups:

  1. It let people who didn't want to believe that parents and other trusted adults could be predators frame the threat as external; and
  2. It gave actual abusers a way to direct attention away from themselves, and further isolate the children they abused.
  3. It gave people who were uncomfortable with/didn't want women working outside the home something to point at. It's no coincidence that abuse allegations during this time period focused on daycare providers. That's what you get for leaving your child with a stranger.