Usually the first man in a young girl's life is her Father. According to Sigmund Freud children develop the Oedipus complex. Young boys and girls develop an innocent liking for the opposite sex parent and want to eliminate the same sex parent that poses a threat. In Austria, a man admitted to raping his daughter and fathering seven of her children. Josef Fritzl kept his daughter lock in a vault in his house and repeatedly abused her but does not want to admit to the media that he was a' beast'. In the article, written in the New York Times, the journalist, Mark Landler quotes Mr. Fritzl saying, "I constantly knew, during the entire 24 years, that what I did was not right, that I must have been crazy to do something like this." After 24 years of consciously knowing that he was torching his daughter Josef Fritzl wants to plead insanity. I think, with no pun intended, that that statement is crazy and outrageous. How could someone treat their own flesh and blood like and animal and create children that are essential his children and grandchildren. Parents are suppose to set examples for their children and protect them for harm. Fritzl rationalizes his actions by saying his daughter began drinking, smoking, and staying out late and he needed to control the actions of his daughter. The father also admitted to having fantasies about his late mother and his daughter Elisabeth reminded him of her. The article does not include quotes from the daughter that suffered the abuse and it fails to mention how his wife, if Fritzl was married,played a role in the whole ordeal.
To Find more information visit. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/world/europe/09dungeon.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
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