Man Accused of Using Hypnosis to Sexually Abuse Seven-Year-Old girl

Martin Smith has been accused of using hypnosis to sexually abuse a seven year old girl who he continued to abuse for nine years . . . be sure to read the whole article though . . . the headline features hypnosis because hypnosis is scary and sells through BUT he didn’t actually use hypnosis . . . he may have attempted to use hypnosis but he was unsuccessful . . . he did use violence and intimidation . . . http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/06/man-accused-sex-abuse . . . but, the media features the hypnosis aspect in the headline even though it actually had little to do with the actual abuse. Of course, a lot of folks only read the headline and not the copy and so the media is reinforcing another negative stereotype.

Do read the entire piece though as it’s a very very tangled ball of weirdness.

– Brian