“Was the behavior described considered sexual abuse during childhood? #sexualabuse #childhoodtrauma #inappropriatetouching
Are childhood memories of sexual education experiences concerning?
**Reflecting on Childhood Sexual Education**
– **Introduction:** Discussion of learning about sex at a young age after a comedy show triggers memories
– **Experience with Sexual Education:** Recollection of being taught about sex by mother’s boyfriend at 8 years old
– **Questionable Behaviors:** Not being touched but feeling uncomfortable with comments and displays of genitals
– **Concerns:** Unsure if the behavior experienced constitutes as sexual abuse or not”
Oh, honey however you want to define it, that’s not okay.
Why on earth would anyone have ‘the’ talk with kids so young à nd not your own while mom is around. You should never say anything at all about a child’s penis, period. And to show that?!
I know it was a different time but I can’t possibly think of a reason why he would have thought any of this was good parenting. Your mom should have addressed that inappropriate behavior immediately and not let him act like this around you kids.
Now don’t let anyone talk you into a trauma about this if there isn’t one so far but do know you are right and this isn’t normal.
“Abuse” is perhaps too strong a word, and risks diluting the significance of the term for those who have literally survived it. Inappropriate and weird as hell, though. He evidently had a juvenile and degenerate mind.
I think a grown adult/man showing their genitals to a minor is definitely some form of sexual abuse.
At a minimum it sure sounds like grooming. There’s no reason why a grown man should ever be exposing his erect dick to children, even under the guise of it being a “teachable moment.”
100% yes and I’m sure if your mother knew and pressed it at the time it could even have been defined legally as abuse once he exposed his erect penis to you.
Yes
It was definitely not appropriate!! He is one sick individual, I hope he is no longer in your life!
This is definitely abuse…let’s not sugarcoat it. It’s *probably* something that would have escalated and it’s *probably* a bit more benign than a lot of other types of abuse but this was 100% abuse.
I dated a woman with young sons. The LAST thing I would ever dream of doing is initializing conversations with them about sex. Nope.
Way out of line from this man. He shouldn’t have exposed himself to you or talked or looked at your genitals. 100% no. Nope.
Yes
Rather odd behavior from him. Especially strange for someone who’s not your father to be doing something like that.
I guess it all depends on how the event made you feel.