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error-core-animations · 9 months ago

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I'm in a very interesting position of "got comprehensive and age appropriate sex ed at a young age" but I was also molested as a kid. I am walking evidence that seeing diagrams of penises and vaginas isn't harmful and the real thing that gets kids hurt and sexually abused is not knowing shit. Cuz like, I did get told what genitals were and how zygotes implant into the uterus walls and stuff, but nobody told me about sexual abuse and assault for a while.

This also illustrates something ✨extremely fun✨: CSA is treated like it is Too Yucky to tell kids about, even in technical terms, even if the kid is aware of what sex is, they simply cannot know that if their friend pressures them into touching their genitals, that's a bad thing and that friend is probably being hurt! It's so weird, there's literally a whole saying about how knowledge is power, but kids are intentionally denied knowledge that could save them so much pain.

#tw csa #like after i licked a penis at fuckin. six or whatever. i was wondering if that counted as sex or not.#i never told my parents! i didn't think it was weird cuz i was SIX!!!!#i distinctly remember being like. really uncomfortable. and afterwards i wondered if perchance i had had sex technically?#it was weirddddd and! if my mom had sat me down and said 'hey anyone touching your genitals or making you touch their genitals is bad.'#that would have gotten me to tell her!#and my friend (who was ALSO SIX-ISH) probably wouldve GOTTEN HELP!!!#if my parents knew about cocsa. which they might not.#tw cocsa

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