"Subject: RE: BS: Bob Brozman legal issues (NOT obit)
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 07 May 13 - 07:03 PM

I am starting to wonder about the prevalence of a fondness for coercive sex among entertainers. How does it compare to others? Should we worry that a desire to be an entertainer shows a probability of a socio-sexual defect?"

No, I don't think so. It just so happens that a lot of such stories seem to be getting uncovered right now, as the snowball is rolling, more victims are beginning to feel safe to tell their stories - remember that until more recently many children were simply dismissed as fantasists, including by parents, it was simply too taboo to talk about.

Celebrity status from being an entertainer may help to generate the kinds of access to people's trust that many other professions may not, but the same is also true of caring professions, religious offices and teaching jobs among others. It's possible that the kinds of access that certain professions may provide, make some jobs more appealing to those with a desire to abuse but it's not a signifier of deviancy to want to do said jobs. I certainly don't think that a love of kids and a desire to work with kids is any sign of sexual deviancy, even if paedophiles are attracted to such professions. Nor do I think the same of the desire to be an entertainer. However the desire to work with children unfortunately must always be under scrutiny.
I did note early on the Obit thread, that Brozman was a wonderful charitable fellow, who gave his time taking instruments to children in poor countries. Sad to say, but that kind of focused altruism (as in the Savile case) would be more likely to make me want to know more about a persons possible motives, than simply the desire to be an entertainer.