You’re looking for sexual tidbits as a female child, and the only ones that present themselves depict child rape or other violations (all my favorite books in my preteen years: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Clan of the Cave Bear, The World According to Garp, as well as the few R-rated movies I was allowed to see– Fame, most notably, with its indelible scene of Irene Cara being asked to take her shirt off and suck her thumb by a skeezy photographer who promises to make her a star), then your sexuality will form around that fact. There is no control group. I don’t even want to talk about “female sexuality” until there is a control group. And there never will be. . Maggie Nelson
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It is vital to understand the impact of child sexual abuse. The way it affects a person’s sexuality can have a direct impact on the person’s self-esteem and sense of self worth, as well as how they view their sexuality. In a study done by the University of New Hampshire, the researchers found that female college students who experienced childhood sexual abuse reported having sexual thoughts about children at a higher rate than those who had not experienced sexual abuse. A second study done by the University of Pennsylvania found that victims who were raped repeatedly in childhood were more likely to have an erotic response to children after they were abused.

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