By Stander Effect to the Extreme

                                                       By Stander Effect

The bystander effect or Genovese syndrome is a phenomenon that I have never per say witnessed.  But I did recently watch a Dr. Phil show which was about a young girl that had been molested and rented out to different gangs by her father.  I would have to say that this must be the one most extreme cases. At the age of 3 through 11 this young lady was molested by her father and his friends. She told a story about her father having parties of spin the child. And at this party there were women that just watched, some with discuss. But never stopping it or even report the situation. Then her story got even worse if that was not enough, she told of a story of when her father traded her for drugs to gangs.  She describe the seen as unbelievable, at this point she was about five years old and these people would keep her for weeks at a time. Keeping her stripped naked, an walking around serving them and cleaning up. She said people came and went all the time. These people were “Bystanders” they seen a child being abused physically and sexually with men and women. But again no one bother trying to stop, or call the police. What makes this story so extreme for me was the little girl said she seen over 100 people come or go but can you imagine no one rescued her. People could have called the police anonymously but they stay out of it like everyone else. I feel that if a woman would have seen a child naked being abused and she was alone with no influences of others, I do believe she would have tried to help the child. With the influence of others the child was neglect with the by stander effect.