Why Didn't Jaycee Dugard Escape?

Sometimes compassion and mercy inventory a count for the right time When this happens it was called Stockholm Syndrome modeled after a Criminal situation In Sweden; a case which some personnel and customers were held hostage by some very polite thieves. Funny thing in that case.....the thieves did not have the kind of background which would have gone there. Many studied that case and if people are pressed how far would they go.
Many reported that they were courteous and candid to the extent when the situation was finally collapsed many of the hostages pleaded for these individuals.
I suppose Stacey could have had an opportunity but maybe not when she was young and not so mature, but once chidren came into the framework of all the forgivenesses and inventories of moral estimations, and measuring the possibilities and the plan. One fine day when the EXACT circumstances presented themselves and all could be safe she did in fact step out. Alas not all are believed & with so much of this phenomenon education progressed, including office & training. Reply

Remember, there were slaves of choice and slaves by force!

God called Abraham's offspring children!

If Jews are slaves to the Torah, does that mean children who obey the rules of the home are slaves to their parents? Does that mean that anyone who obeys the laws of the land is a slave to the governing body that creates the laws?

The difference between a slave and a son is that a son knows the father's will! A slave does not! Reply

One's heart can't help but go out to all those still enslaved.

Many slaves in Egypt were adults. Jaycee was a child without the ability to think, act or reason as an adult and with limited experience. And, she may have been taught to "obey" her elders. Children can't distinguish between good or bad elders! A bad elder may look just like an odd relative, family member or friend until it is just too late!

Law enforcement talks bondage and rape being about power and control. Is it?

What is the main difference between animal and man? Intellect. The ability to think, reason and act based on something other than out-of-control desires and lusts!

Now that man is equal to animal, there is no reason to expect him/her to act any different than an animal.

Until America and the world again recognize that man can and should be expected to act better than an animal, dogs will continue, by force, to fulfill their lust at the expense of the vulnerable. Reply

No, Reggie Jews who enjoy going to shul and keeping kosher are NOT slaves. They are free men and women acting out of their own free will. People who go to work everyday are often derided as "wage slaves," but that's misusing the term. That's part of what Passover comes to teach us: the difference between being slaves to Pharaoh and being free Jews choosing to keep the laws of the Torah. We serve G-d because we want to, not because we are compelled to. G-d has zillions of heavenly perfect angels to serve Him; what does He need us for? The answer is that we're not being kept in slavery, and we don't have a slave mentality, and therefore our service of G-d offered freely and willingly is all the more precious. Reply

Page 2 why didn't she escape? Sexual control. .....Coupled with likely injunctions to 'not even try', said in a threatening tone and with controlling, threatening looks, or, as steven staynor heard from his captor/surrogate father/sexual perpetrator from the age of 7-14, ' your parents don't care about you -- or why aren't they hear?' and coupled with the perpetrator's (and remember jaycee had two!) uncanny ability to thwart any thought of your running away, and with the fact that you have no money or transportation, escape seems impossible. If she thought of telling someone, the perp isn't going to let her get close enough to anyone to trust him. If she tells, it is as likely to get back to the perp first before any authority. He monitors your computer. He doesn't let you use the phone out of his sight. If you run, how can you protect your children? What if you tell them and they tell their father? You are subject to the extreme treatment he did to you at the start -- that is always in the back of your mind.You settle for crumbs. Reply

Why didn't jaycee dugard escape? Sexual control. The slave mentality analogy is a good one: for instance i think many blacks are still subject to this; witness the reported high rate of black parents discouraging rather than encouraging children to succeed -- why get your hopes up? Only to be disappointed. Or of black parents beating their children when they get even a little out of bounds in public -- i've seen this as protecting the child from worse abuse by slavemasters (read any white people who might turn you in or from cops). I think the election of barack obama just jump-propelled this defeatist belief and attitude forward and out by an exponential degree.

I am a retired, long-time family and trauma therapist. I have also been sexually abused. Sexual abuse takes over a child's whole mind, body and soul. She (or he) is, if she is dependent on the perpetrator for food and lodging and orientation, is then ensconced in a deep trance, a slave mentality as was mentioned. A belief that 'nothing i can do will get me free'. Coupled Reply

slaves to the torah could it be that all the Jews who enjoy going to shul and keeping kosher are just child-slaves? Reply