Hi Cat,

I'm just going to step into this discussion very briefly, if you don't mind:

The first was called, "From Victum to Abuser". It presented four case studies of sex offenders in the light of their personal histories. Of the four only one was actually traumatised in some way by the sexual activity and he had been sodomised painfully with various objects by groups of men... not a typical man/boy senario. The others had all seen their sexualisation as a positive or neutral thing.

Huh??!! All four are abusers, and yet only one was traumatized by the experience? I'd venture to say it's very likely they ARE abusers BECAUSE they were abused; therefore they ALL WERE traumatized, whether they realize it or not. Just because the experience holds positive memories for them doesn't meant it had a positive effect on their sexual development -- and these would be four cases in point.

Just my thoughts. Over and out.

Blessings,
Rainboy