betweenthewindsHearing your parents having sex is way less traumatic than having parents that pretend sex doesn't exist or that sexual desire is inherently immoral
Being 11 years old thinking I’m going to burn in hell for all eternity because I masturbated was rough
Damn that’s so real… fuck that. I have a hard time remembering sometimes how bad it was.
Gordon CalhounThose thoughts definitely enhanced the experience for me.
Pushing those attitudes on children is sexual abuse
In a college aged church service some years ago, the pastor specifically called out people “struggling “ with porn and masturbation and said they should go to the back to get prayer. My friend immediately went. I myself felt shock and shame. It took several more years before I realized that guilt is a tool the church uses to hook people. It’s insidious.