We hear all the time that abusers "groom" their victims and the communities around them. But is this term accurate for what they are really doing? We've been talking about abusers testing their victims and the people around them for years. We finally explain why in this episode. Terminology is important.

Here is a blog post I wrote on this subject:
https://jimmyhinton.org/why-i-talk-about-abusers-testing-instead-of-grooming/

Champions of Illusion Part 1 (With Drs. Macknik and Martinez-Conde)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgRO8g95sw

Champions of Illusion Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm4B8eyDHGU

Jimmy’s book, The Devil Inside: How My Minister Father Molested Kids In Our Home and Church for Decades and How I Finally Stopped Him
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950948617/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

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Intro--
Film Glitch by Snowflake (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/56350 Ft: reusenoise

Outro--
I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284