Bruce Rind, Robert Bauserman, and Philip Tromovitch

Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch, and Robert Bauserman publish A Meta-analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples in the Psychological Bulletin. They find that: Self-reported reactions to and effects from CSA [child sexual abuse] indicated that negative effects were neither pervasive nor typically intense, and that men reacted much less negatively than women. The college data were completely consistent with data from national samples. Basic beliefs about CSA in the general population were not supported (Rind et al, 1998, 22). In 1999, Congress passes a resolution condemning the research. Here is the summary of its outrage from the Congressional Record: The political and academic attacks on Bruce Rind, Robert Bauserman, and Philip Tromovitch for their finding in “Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples” demonstrates the pressure by “research ethics boards, sensational media intrusion, and political concerns from religious, conservative and professional groups” to stymie research on child and adolescent sexuality.