Language Watch

In the June 5, 2005, issue of Parade magazine, Andrew Vachss presented a thought-provoking view of how we use the language to talk about child abuse. In Watch Your Language, Vachss contends we "distort the reality of the crime and create a roadblock to justice." He offers brutal but honest definitions for the obfuscating terms he claims are promulgated by "cultural lobbyists" in a "carefully orchestrated campaign to warp public perception". Read. Think. [Tectags: English words]

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