My marriage broke up, and one huge problems was that my ex husband was really maladjusted about sex. He also said, "I think some things should never be talked about."
What I'm wondering is -- if a person was sexually abused on a small number of occasions (let's say one, two or three times total, ever), would it warp them that much, that they would never be emotionally right in their adult years? It was impossible for him even to be a close friend out of bed, to give and take emotionally.
And does it matter if the perpetrator was a relative or a non-relative? If it was a male or female? If it was someone close in age, or much older? I'm not trying to diminish how awful abuse is. I was emotionally abused myself. I have no real evidence that abuse is my ex's problem, but I am trying to just understand better what the break-up and his refusal to work on things were about.
2006-11-26
12:53:15
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