I can never decide if posts like these sound more like the shitty, tacked on moral at the end of an 80s cartoon, or more like a child who found out some people like broccoli on pizza.
Anon, you have to understand that not everyone’s experience is the same as yours. That includes the experience of CSA victims.
There are many CSA victims who find healing and empowerment in writing about their experiences through fiction.
When you’re writing, or reading fiction, you are always in control of the scenario. There is never a moment where the situation is out of your control.
It can be a kind of exposure therapy, re-framing your abuse, an reclaiming power in a powerless situation.
You’re allowed to find that “fucked up” but people are also allowed to do “fucked up” things. Everyone’s boundaries are different.
Writing about something doesn’t cause it to happen. Reading about something doesn’t mean that you want it to happen. Bringing sex and sexual harm into the equation in fiction doesn’t change that.
Fictional characters aren’t real people. They can’t be harmed by writing about situations that would be harmful to a person in real life.
But real people can find healing through fiction about harmful things.
Its okay if you can’t, anon, but you have to understand that not everyone has the same experiences or reactions to trauma.
