Okay, that Dr. Helen Friedman really triggered me.
Suggesting psychological issues, abuse(!) and a sadistic mother!? I had a very happy childhood and a loving, caring mother. Then her take on the rules of “healthy sexuality”, like she’s the gatekeeper of it all. And yet, Helen, I was turned on by the idea of tiny girls WAYYY before I even knew what sex was… Me, at 9yo, wishing so bad a Borrower girl lived in my walls, not really understand why.
I’m convinced individuals like her (and the spread of similar ideas) contribute to the guilt many of us have experienced at some point. Their approach, steeped in religious and pseudo-Freudian concepts, seems heavily influenced by religious values and ideologies.
I still wish a real, scientific and peer-reviewed study was available on the subject.