Episode 189: Do Abusers Really Groom Their Victims?

We hear all the time that abusers "groom" their victims and the communities around them. But is this term accurate for what they are really doing? We've been talking about abusers testing their victims and the people around them for years. We finally explain why in this episode. Terminology is important. Here is a blog post I wrote on this subject: https://jimmyhinton.org/why-i-talk-about-abusers-testing-instead-of-grooming/Champions of Illusion Part 1 (With Drs. Macknik and Martinez-Conde)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgRO8g95swChampions of Illusion Part 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm4B8eyDHGUJimmy’s book, The Devil Inside: How My Minister Father Molested Kids In Our Home and Church for Decades and How I Finally Stopped Himhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1950948617/ref=cm_sw_su_dp Find us on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/jimmyhintonauthor https://www.facebook.com/SilentGriefSupport And Twitter:https://twitter.com/JimmyHinton12 https://twitter.com/clarahinton Intro-- Film Glitch by Snowflake (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/56350 Ft: reusenoiseOutro-- I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284