07-22-2021, 11:59 PM
I just read an article in The New Yorker about a German psychologist/sexologist named Helmut Kentler, who taught at the University of Hannover and decided to conduct an "experiment" beginning in the late 60's, which placed foster children in the homes of men who were known to be pedophiles. It ran until at least 2003, and was done in conjunction with the Berlin state government via youth-welfare offices. In 1979 a caseworker observed that Fritz Henkel appeared to be in a “homosexual relationship” with one of his foster sons and reported this to local authorities, who began an investigation. Kentler intervened on behalf of the suspect and was able to dissuade the officials from continuing their investigation, something he did on numerous occasions for Henkel.
The thinking that underlies this experiment was molded by fear and hatred of German fascism, which Kentler experienced firsthand. Unfortunately, he never resolved that fear and hatred, so he created new forms of oppression, deluded by the belief that he was a knowledgeable authority on child rearing. He was not, obviously, and I am left wondering how many other "knowledgeable authorities" are similarly deluded.
https://archive.fo/yVDDf#selection-667.601-667.613
The thinking that underlies this experiment was molded by fear and hatred of German fascism, which Kentler experienced firsthand. Unfortunately, he never resolved that fear and hatred, so he created new forms of oppression, deluded by the belief that he was a knowledgeable authority on child rearing. He was not, obviously, and I am left wondering how many other "knowledgeable authorities" are similarly deluded.
https://archive.fo/yVDDf#selection-667.601-667.613