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Episode 671: Gary Ridgway : Redux Part I - Wrong Way Gary
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The Bathtub Ritual: How Gary's Sexuality and Rage Were Fused
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When the Ridgway family moved to the Seattle-Tacoma area around Gary's 12th birthday, his bedwetting returned. Mary Rita responded by yanking him from bed multiple times a week — sometimes nightly — and dragging him through the house to humiliate him before throwing him into cold bathwater. She would scrub his genitals until they were raw while barely dressed herself. Gary recalled experiencing erections throughout the process, and he said his 'sexual awakening' came during his mother's furious scrubbing. [1] — Marcus Parks "From age 12 to 15 or 16, Gary Ridgway's mother dragged him from bed at least three times a week — sometimes nightly — to scrub his genitals…" 39:00 Marcus details how this repeated ritual — happening three times a week for years, from ages 12 to 15 or 16 — directly and repeatedly fused humiliation, anger, and sexual arousal in Gary's developing brain. Thomas Ridgway never intervened; he was terrified of Mary Rita and would simply stay in bed.
From age 12 to 15 or 16, Gary Ridgway's mother dragged him from bed at least three times a week — sometimes nightly — to scrub his genitals in icy water while barely dressed herself. Gary experienced erections throughout the process, fusing humiliation, anger, and sexual arousal at the most formative developmental stage of his life.
Mary Rita Ridgway dragged Gary from bed at least three times a week, sometimes nightly, to bathe him — continuing from age 12 until he was 15 or 16.
