The "bad sex" threads in GD

[Ms. Toad]

4. I was not speaking to her second article -

and, as I suggested, I suspect the sexual abuse at the hands of her father influences how she views sexual relationships. At the very most, in her second article, she should only be speaking for herself - not implying anything else about anyone else's experiences.

BUT - what I don't want is for women (or men) struggling with the feelings they had as an abused child to hear (in the threads discussing her first article) that they are scum, dishonest, etc. because of physical sensations they had which they could not control - or to believe they must be ashamed of, or hide them, in order to receive support here.

This is not a space for political conversations. It is a space for supporting survivors, and because I know that experience is part of the stories of some survivors, I want to make it clear that my support is not conditioned on denying or hiding any part of their experience.