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RE: Pornography and Me: How and why I escaped.

in #psychology6 years ago (edited)

Thank you for reading, @unleash.

In my experience, fantasies can represent reenactments of the past, or fears of the future. Of course, they can also be simply imaginative. Given that some statistics suggest as many as 1 in 3 females are sexually abused before the age of 18, it is very possible that that (if accurate) these fantasies represent a renegotiation of those abuses. This is a complex and vast topic.

The best explanation I have heard for those who were abused going onto abuse is exactly what you describe: The abuser (once a victim themselves) recasts themselves as the powerful one, and outsources the unfelt emotions onto the 'victim' who now expresses the pain.

Sadly, society has yet to fully explore these dynamics and rarely considers the origin of most crimes.