BLGirl -> RE: Age Play (10/30/2008 8:10:18 PM)
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Let me see if I can clarify; Fragilepieces, I can appreciate that the thought of Age Play bothers you. However, not everyone with the experiences that you describe feels as you do. While it may be true that the majority of child sexual abuse victims would choose to avoid the scene, there are exceptions to every rule; I am one of those exceptions. Incidently, often times the abuse that occurs in an incestuous relationship is not violent; the fact is that the majority of abusers do not purposefully inflict physical pain. The reason being to prolong the ability to abuse. In my case in particular, although my father sexually abused me, I do not envision him when Daddy and I engage in Age Play, nor do I feel any emotional pain, guilt, or pangs of regret. I do not look at myself as a child, being a separate person from myself as an adult, rather I believe that I am the same person with the same need to be loved and to love in return. I suppose that classical conditioning is the best explanation for why I enjoy age play. I was conditioned as a child to enjoy the attention of my father. As time passed and I grew older, my body began to respond to him as a woman's would and I began to look forward to the attention. The things that he did to me and I to him, were the beginnings of my sexual experience and therefore, not a part of me that I can lock away and forget. Simply put, same things that aroused me then, arouse me now; hence the conditioning. I would much rather deal with this issue head-on and in a healthy way, than try to run from it and bury it under tons of denial and bitterness. I am not afraid of my history, nor am I ashamed of my reaction to it. As to your likening age play to a person donning a "fat suit," to gain some sort of gratification, only to take it off when finished; I agree that it is a similar situation, but do we not do this in everyday life as well? I personally wear many masks throughout my day, some that I enjoy, some that I don't, but all of them serve a function. I put them on to do what I must and then I remove them. In any kind of play, be it age, puppy, pony, needle, or even rape; the participants employ a different persona than their actual and when finished, they revert to normalcy. Regardless of motive, these are parts that we play and to be offended by any of them seems overreactive to this survivor and age play enthusiast. BLGirl
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