Society has blown sexual abuse to such high proportions, that when it does cause emotional trauma, it's seen as some ridiculously life altering thing, that ruins everything, and the person can never have any joy. And people are raised knowing this, and it allows them to point it out time and time again, and use it as an excuse for not moving past emotional trauma. It sounds cold how I'm wording it, but it's true.
The fact is, there are so many things in the world that cause "emotional trauma", and we are glorifying sex so much to the point, where it's the "ultimate abuse". But what about people who are bullied at school at a young age? People who are constantly spanked by their parents? People who were cheated on in a relationship? People who were drafted into military and forced to kill and watch others die? People who got mugged? People who have had their house broken in to? I could keep going on. All of these things would cause emotional trauma, but the one that involves sex is considered the worse. Why? Because it's what we were told when we were young.
But the US is the same country that constantly has people saying stuff like "Can I watch Rambo with my child, or are there any sex scenes in it?"
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