The Playboy Forum

September, 1985

Child Sexual AbuseI have worked in the field of child-care regulation for 14 years and have often been a party to investigations relating to the sexual molestation of children.Maurice R. Franks, in his letter that appears in the March Playboy Forum, astounded me by apparently placing the responsibility for sexual abuse squarely on the mother and daughter in stepfamily situations.I quote: "The daughter, having learned manipulativeness from her own mother, seduces a sexually frustrated stepda...