Sexual shame is part of why child sexual abuse is rampant in Catholic and Evangelical churches. Christian leaders have spent half a millennia teaching small children that their bodies and sex are sinful while saying absolutely nothing about consent. What the fuck did they expect to happen?
It's not trauma it's sparkling sexual stigma
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