Sexual Abuse comes up in 5 chapters across 5 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from June 2017 to October 2023.
Legal Prostitution, Sweden Model and Sex Trafficking
Lee Dundas rejects the idea that legal prostitution reduces exploitation, saying legalization expands illicit sex, drugs, and trafficking. She points to Sweden's buyer-criminalization model as a better deterrent and argues that most women in commercial sex were abused before adulthood.
Theresa May, Dr. John Bodkin Adams, and Digital Footprint Scrubbing
Johnny Vedmore describes his early investigative work regarding the digital scrubbing of political figures' backgrounds, specifically focusing on former UK Prime Minister Theresa May. He details his research into May's father, a chaplain at a hospital where serial killer Dr. John Bodkin Adams operated in the 1950s. Vedmore asserts that his viral article on this subject linked May's family history to a broader cover-up involving a child sexual abuse inquiry.
Katie Johnson Court Case and Trump-Epstein Fallout
A 2016 lawsuit filed by Katie Johnson alleges extreme sexual abuse by both Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in 1994 when she was 13. The documents suggest the eventual fallout between Trump and Epstein was due to a personal dispute over the victim rather than moral outrage. Trump's later ban of Epstein from Mar-a-Lago is viewed as a pragmatic distancing move once Epstein's legal troubles began.
Satanic Ritual Abuse, Professional Denial and Evidence
The psychiatric profession's history with childhood sexual abuse transitioned from total denial to acknowledging its prevalence. Regarding Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA), the lack of hard objective court evidence for multi-generational cults leaves two possibilities: the accounts are false memories or the groups are extremely well-guarded at high levels of society. While individual crimes with satanic themes exist, high-level organized pedophile rings with occult themes remain difficult to prove legally.
Satanic Ritual Abuse, Pizzagate and Cultural Repression
Connor Habib expresses caution regarding conspiracy theories like Pizzagate and allegations of Satanic Ritual Abuse, suggesting that a sexually repressed culture is ill-equipped to handle such topics objectively. He warns that even if such allegations are proven true, people in power will likely use the resulting public outcry to further regulate and control the sexual lives of the general population. The focus remains on establishing a healthy cultural understanding of sex and consent to better protect victims and address actual crimes.
