Why do women and girls who have been sexually abused experience so much guilt?

It seems such a cruel joke that a rape or sexual abuse victim would feel guilt or self blame. Where does that guilt come from? Has anyone actually overcome it?
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  • The guilt comes from not really paying attention. A lot of people that are sexually abused, and have been sexually harassed and not been sexually harassed and dealt with self-love buse of myself. Can safely tell you that we feel this way because we tend to know better and we don't pay attention. Society tells you it's okay to do this than a third, then we do it we end up attracting the wrong kind of people who's already indulging in the very same things that a lot of people do anyway. And that will cause the problem. What makes it even worse is that others sometimes assume that every victim is the same and that's not true. That's why I like to listen to people on a case-by-case basis. If I see where the problem is I tried to not only learn from their mistakes so I will make them myself by least let them know where the initial promise. A perfect example is like I tell people if you have premarital sex, you want pornography and you're exposing yourself to all these things, you are increasing your chance to twice as likely be ending up in a situation. The problem is people's lust, people having Rebellion, and doing what they want to do. This world is extremely sexualized, and it isn't about to change as long as these kind of people continue to do what they want. Nobody should be touching anybody. Especially against their consent. But sometimes people give away their consent and in the end up having these things done with the wrong kind of people. There's a reason why they say most rapes tend to be with people they already at least met once.

    • To tell you the truth. Overcoming have to do a personal choice and have to do it when it is at the person needs and wants. For some of those women, they have sex outside of marriage with who they choose and please. For someone like me is no not to do it at all. But where is the trust if it's just going to continue? As a Christian woman who believes in God and all things that he made in his Purity, I suffered the most damage. Because it's damn if you do damn if you don't. Simply this Perry Society guilt-trips you for something that they already tells you to do and then when you tell them what happened then they ignore you or the system fails you. Prostitution especially whether it's so cold legal or not, is one of the many places besides porn where there is constant rapes and sexual abuse. Family member of mine was gang raped being in that profession. Sadly not seen family member still continues to be in that profession and never bother to report it. When you don't teach your kids right from wrong you are endangering them. If they choose to go that path despite what you warned them it is still their choice. But now it opens up more doors to problems. Until men stop becoming the things of God again, women are going to do whatever it is they want, or what they feel it takes to survive. I find it to be an insult whenever a man says they want to do everything to help and they do the very thing that causes harm in the first place.

    • And it also depends on the culture, country, Etc besides the mindset. is very different Westernized cultures from Eastern cultures, and even Asian cultures. But the exposure is very much the same. Notice how Japan for an example is porn obsessed, notice also precise High suicide rates, is a lot of sexual harassment and rapes over there especially for young girls? Girls can be raped, harass, groped especially at a very young age. Especially between the ages of 5 an eighth. The moment they've stopped growing breasts and going through puberty their attract a lot of perverts that they now need women only transportation. Notice also why does a such a low birth rate and they don't really believe in abortion. I'll tell you why and I never lived there. The same reason you men are so addicted to that crap. But they want women a certain way sexually and everything is sexualized. These women sexualize themselves so young it puts them in danger and they base their whole body based on a man's desire sexually.

    • This is why we have so much guilt. If you ain't sexualize then you're ugly. If you don't have children you useless. If you don't have sex then you're a prude or you're gay. If your breasts ain't big enough you're not a woman. Now man expects you to be "thicc", you ain't half naked he ain't going to want you. If you tell him to stop watching the porn, you're controlling man. If you don't have sex with him then you deserve to be alone, and your replacable. Now you do everything you're told to do oh, you get raped, you get harassed, now it's still all your fault. If you don't really do all those things like I don't, you're at fault for not being like other women. And if a woman speaks out, she's a feminist or she's a sjw. Sadly in this world it becomes a curse being a woman. Now even other women are plotting to get you raped if they don't like you. And many think you deserve it because they don't care. The truth is men don't want to hear it unless it benefits them. Not all. But just a generalization that I realized. Every single time I explain myself is always an excuse about why it's okay for them to do what they do. All I know is I'm growing old and I'm tired of hearing excuses. It's no personal offense to you. But if you ain't looking to change its best you don't open a Pandora's Box.

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  • “What if I did something different? Did I deserve it? I must have. Bad things don’t happen to good people”

    • I think you're onto something here. Women often feel they did something wrong or they somehow deserved it. Even their own bodies betray them sometimes. Many rape victims report that even during a violent rape, they felt their vaginas lubricating... not realizing that their body is just doing an automatic response. That can seriously mess with a woman's head. Many victims feel guilt, as do those who survive trauma, but it is especially troubling for women who survive sexual abuse.

    • Exactly. And sometimes, self included, do their damnedest to try and reclaim our bodies, so to speak. That can be self destructive and lead one further down that rabbit hole of self loathing. One needs to have a strong support structure, intimacy with trusted partners, and need to above all else, learn to love and be patient with ones self.

    • Understanding, at least as well as any man can understand, all the things women have to deal with that are caused by men, is heartbreaking, to say the least. I've had very few male friends in my lifetime, primarily because my gender is overflowing with male privilege and entrenched misogyny... and that just turns my stomach.

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