scorn

When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.

We should not scorn those whose fear is greater than our own.

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great sorrow

Have they known scorn like youFive cellars down?

Chapter 4,__rganised abuse and the pleasures of disbelief_, uses Zizek__ (1991) insights into cite political role of enjoyment to analyse the hyperbole and scorn that has characterised the sceptical account of organised and ritualistic abuse. The central argument of this chapter is that organised abuse has come to public attention primarily as a subject of ridicule within the highly partisan writings of journalists, academics and activists aligned with advocacy groups for people accused of sexual abuse. Whilst highlighting the pervasive misrepresentations that characterise these accounts, the chapter also implicates media consumers in the production of ignorance and disdain in relation to organised abuse and women__ and children__ accounts of sexual abuse more generally.