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Childhood Child On Child Sexual Abuse?

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There's a lot of grey area in talking about young children and sexual exploration -v- abuse
There is no grey at all!

Children do explore their sexuality with other children
Yes they do. But exploratory sexual behaviour is carried out with children of the same age, size and with mutual consent!
No grey there and minimizing sexual acts between children that are not pleasurable, enjoyable and embarrasing for all involved and ignoring the abuse does not change that.

What I am saying is that sexual activity doesn't need to be abusive for it to cause pain, shame and unhappiness
If it causing pain it's abusive. Period.

Studies have shown that child on child abuse is just as damaging as the abuse that is done by adults.
 
Wives can't be raped by their husband because they are both grown up and they are married so they are supposed to have sex, you know... Same f*cking thing.
 
And it's exactly this f*cked up attitude that causes people who are survivors of child on child sexual abuse to question the abuse that they went through.
But it's real, it happens, it's as damaging and painful as "real" abuse and telling survivors "it was just play" doesn't make it go away or make it less painful. Quite the opposite because they don't get the help they need because it feels like they are not allowed to get help for something everyone considers "play". I want to see those people who are minimizing it to that have their trauma called "play".
 
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No, it really isn't. Consent is both a very straightforward thing and a very complex thing. Straightforward in that no means no, complex because issues around informed consent, capacity and equality in relationships aren't always as clear as we would like.

Between children you can have a situation where they are playing "doctor and nurse" type games, showing, touching etc. They may not have an understanding of sex but agreed to the game they were playing, they grow up and realise it's not appropriate to touch your brother/sister and feel shame for something that at the time felt ok but now feels very wrong.

That's a very different scenario than a child forcing unwanted contact in another or indeed a husband raping his wife, but can result in feelings of shame and pain which then lead the person to question the nature of what happened.

And, for the record, I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse perpetrated by a child and no, I don't for a second question my experience.
 
None of my doctors ever locked me in a room, showed me his penis or wanted me to touch him... Doctors and nurses doing stuff like that? There's plenty of porn for those who like to get off on it. Kids don't.
 
I engaged in exploratory behavior when I was three or four. There was another family living with us and us four kids shared a bedroom and the boy came into my bed and wanted to touch and be touched. I felt uncomfortable but then his father burst into the bedroom and beat his son with a belt and the family moved out the next day. I appreciate the linc because I am reassured about this experience. Thank you for this thread.
 
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