While my own experience is just anecdotal, it's a reason why I can understand the results of this study that concludes "Two-thirds of child abuse survivors thrive as adults."
One of the best lovers and sex partners of my life was abused by two older brothers when she was a child between 12 and 15. Her mother ignored her pleas for help. She overcame the situation by running away from home at the age of 15. But as an adult, she put it all behind her and laughed about it. And she herself admitted that she acquired skills and experience she might have never gotten otherwise. Now, I am certainly NOT condoning sexual child abuse in any way. To the contrary, I think the sentence for conviction should be castration. Which a few other countries have found readily solves the problem.
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