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My first sexual experience was with a guy 5 years older than me. It was only last year that I realised that it was coercive, not consensual.
I've known the theory but didn't apply it to myself because I didn't want to confront what that would mean for me, psychologically.
I've known the theory but didn't apply it to myself because I didn't want to confront what that would mean for me, psychologically.
[I'm still not working through it and I'm not ready to talk about it.]
But. Knowing what I know now, all the active learning, reading and talking would make it impossible to excuse what happened now (to me or anyone else), even though I would have justified it back then.
But. Knowing what I know now, all the active learning, reading and talking would make it impossible to excuse what happened now (to me or anyone else), even though I would have justified it back then.
You have to intentionally want to learn more, you have to broaden the base from which you form your opinions.
You work through your trauma at your own pace, but you really have to be active in doing the learning work too. Both things can coexist. They have to.
You work through your trauma at your own pace, but you really have to be active in doing the learning work too. Both things can coexist. They have to.
