I've spent so many year reconciling my experience as a young teenager where I was psychologically abused by my mother's boyfriend. He often used the threat of hurting/ raping me or my family as a way to terrorize and control me.
For years I felt guilty for feeling traumatized, because since he didn't "actually" rape me, a lot of people thought I was just over-reacting.
It's only recently (like within the last 6 months) that I've realized that what I experienced amounted to months of torture. This article really does a good job of explaining why the gray areas still matter.
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I've spent so many year reconciling my experience as a young teenager where I was psychologically abused by my mother's boyfriend. He often used the threat of hurting/ raping me or my family as a way to terrorize and control me.
For years I felt guilty for feeling traumatized, because since he didn't "actually" rape me, a lot of people thought I was just over-reacting.
It's only recently (like within the last 6 months) that I've realized that what I experienced amounted to months of torture. This article really does a good job of explaining why the gray areas still matter.
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