Peter Mosgofian

Drawing on years of experience in family counseling and pastoral guidance, Peter Mosgofian, collected the dynamics of all kinds of sexual exploitation and ways to overcome in Power Sex and Shame: Overcoming Sexual Exploitation. As stated in the title, power and shame are at the root of addictions and failure in a variety of settings reaching from dysfunctional families, churches, cults, office to sports, modern caliphates, and sex workers. Sexual exploitation by both men and women is a pervasive problem worldwide. The book addresses backgrounds and root causes and showcases amazing stories. Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky are extensively used as examples because the case is well documented and made public.Having achieved wealth, status, stature, and fame, what's left? For all too many men and for some women, what's left is the desire to use their power and position to fulfill their unbridled sexual lust. Coming out and asserting sexual harassment, misconduct, or exploitation means becoming vulnerable to emotional, psychological, professional, social, financial, and legal harm. Not something to dismiss easily or think that a single prayer or 12-steps program can erase.Grief stages, careful counseling, and a fundamental understanding in order to be able to effectively help who cross forbidden sexual boundaries either as a victim, offender, or part of a larger system. Every relationship of trust involves some degree of struggle with the dynamic interplay of the forces of love, sexuality, and power. It is imperative that our sexuality come under the ultimate dominion of healthy design if it is to be expressed in a manner that heals rather than harms.… (mer)