I was also a victim of sexual abuse, when I was very young, up until maybe 6 or 7 y. old.

It was my uncle, the husby of my mother's sister, who liked to wash me in the bath...

The 1st time I talked about it was to my grandmother, then she told me it was true, that he did it (wrong touchings) to one of his own daughter.

I even wrote this via email to my father a couple of years ago, and he absolutely never spoke a word about it. Actually, my parents are quite in good terms with them.

It's not the end of the world, I know, but I sometimes feel betrayed somehow. It's hard to explain...

I thought about writing my uncle via email to let him know that I did'nt forget what he did to me, but I know I would bust out in heavy emotions, so I tend to resist using that option.

To sum, yes, it's true, at least for my part, that this phenomena tend to be minimised.

True, women are more victims that men, and this should never be in anyway less important.

I also think that having met psychological childhood problems, this abuse, at the least, did'nt help me at all.

Starbuck

Born in 1963 of French mom and Canadian dad. Studied a lot (Majors in History, Theology, M.A. in Sociology). Jobless for now. Just been diagnosed Borderline.

I wonder where it will go from here... But I'll try nonetheless.