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Originally Posted by here today
I agree.
The results of the classic Milgram experiment come to mind, the "power to play god in a closed room". Even therapists who sexually exploit their clients probably don't do it that often, if at all, with people who are not in a closed therapy room with them.
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It’s not what the experiment was about. Not playing G-d in a privacy of the room. It was about humans’ tendency to be obedient and follow authorities under certain circumstances. It sadly explains how genocides and such make possible. Nothing to do with people doing things in private versus in the open.
People who exploit others sexually or otherwise usually do it behind closed doors or at least with no witnesses, therapists or not. Your comparison with the experiment would be relevant if therapists sexually exploit clients because they were ordered to do so by their supervisors
Being fairly benign and appearing normal in every day life is not uncommon in cases of all kind of harmful behaviors and criminal activities. Even serial killers often have normal daily life and are often loving fathers and husbands and they certainly don’t go around killing people in the open.