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rpaul9578 OP t1_iu4wfcq wrote

I'm not pretending that this is going to stop a person from committing a crime. I do believe that we don't talk enough in this country about the long-term effects of sexual abuse and we really need to. We need to share stories like this in order for people to see them who might be thinking about hurting a child. Who might be currently hurting a child. Thinking that it's not a big deal because they might not remember it or just not thinking through how this is going to affect them for the rest of their lives. These stories are important to share. It just might help somebody.

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InSearchOfGreenLight t1_iuftd01 wrote

You have a point.

Maybe when I was 5 my father would have actually pondered it. Now heโ€™s too far gone.

Maybe people wouldnโ€™t judge fat people so much if they knew that eating disorders come out of extreme childhood abuse.

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