When I used to live in St. Louis, one of my favorite listening experiences was The Diane Rehm Show. I no longer get to listen nearly enough to the program, especially since it comes on in Iowa at 9 pm, rather than 9 am. Diane Rehm is an amazing interviewer, and I have to put in my plug for her show before getting on to the following.
Tomorrow, the program is featuring a dialogue about repressed, recovered or "false memories." When I was growing up in the 80s, "false memories" were all the rage. It seemed as though people were being accused every other day of things -- always, extremely abusive things -- they had done 20 years ago. This is an extremely complex matter, and one I am unqualified to address.
My Lie is a book by journalist Meredith Maran, who falsely accused her father of molesting her. How do "false memories" develop? What does the so-called "recovered memories" movement say about particular periods of our history? And, what interests me in particular, how and why does this movement impact women? Perhaps, a slightly off-topic matter for this blog, but one that merits our attention nonetheless.
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