Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria
Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria is a 1994 book by
It makes use of various case studies,[1] including the George Franklin case.[2] The book does not mention the Marilyn Van Derbur case.[3]
Reception
Kihlstrom wrote a positive book review in the
Butler argued that the book "persuasively" made its arguments.[1] She stated that it does not "discuss many other cases that might contradict these books' central article of faith"[3] and that the authors were "remarkably uninterested in the vagaries of memory of those who have sexually abused children."[1] Butler concluded that while the book was a positive development for people who were falsely accused of sexual misconduct, she was afraid it would cause the formation of experts doubting sexual abuse victims and that it would "once again silence women and men from speaking--and being believed--about very real abuse".[3]
In 1994 Publishers Weekly stated that the book was "the most thoroughgoing and powerful critique to date of the use of recovered memories in psychotherapy."[2]
See also
- The Myth of Repressed Memory
- Spectral Evidence
- False Memory Syndrome
References
- ^ a b c d e Butler, Katy (1995-02-05). "Did Daddy Really Do It? : A debate rages over incest-recovery therapies that can create false memories of sexual abuse : THE MYTH OF REPRESSED MEMORY: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse, By Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham (St. Martin's Press: $22.95; 290 pp.) : MAKING MONSTERS: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria, By Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters (Scribner's: $23; 340 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ a b c "Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria". Publishers Weekly. 1994-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ a b c Butler, Katy (1995-02-05). "Did Daddy Really Do It? : A debate rages over incest-recovery therapies that can create false memories of sexual abuse : THE MYTH OF REPRESSED MEMORY: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse, By Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham (St. Martin's Press: $22.95; 290 pp.) : MAKING MONSTERS: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria, By Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters (Scribner's: $23; 340 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. p. [3]. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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Further reading
- Leo, Richard A. (Summer 1997). "Review: The Social and Legal Construction of Repressed Memory". Law & Social Inquiry. 22 (3): 653–693. S2CID 143302700.