Have you ever been judged for your sexual behavior?
posted by Ivy
I have already been judged for my sexual behavior. I was attacked verbally and morally. It was in a relationship. At first everything was beautiful and he asked about my previous sex life. I thought it was okay to tell, as he seemed to be open-minded.
But after we moved in together, he started using everything I had told him to hurt me. I started to question my previous choices and feel promiscuous, lost, pissed and worthless. My self-esteem ended up on the floor. I went out.
I broke up, but I still spent years with the aftermath of that condemnation and those words.
What amazes me is that, in a way, I must have "agreed" to his vision on some level.
Part of me also thought that a woman of value is one who doesn't like sex so much. Or that the right thing was for women to want to marry and have few partners. And many other things that I learned during my creation.
Yes, I was a victim. But if everything he said to me sounded very absurd to me, would I have stayed there for 2 years?
That's why we women have to know each other and know who we are. Know yourself in all spheres, including sexual. This way we can know that the other person's judgment does not correspond to what you are. This protects us from abuse.
Tantra helped me a lot in that. The beauty, the naturalness, the connection through sexual pleasure, all of this made me sure that I did nothing wrong. The judgments I make about myself have lessened. Sometimes they still come, but I'm more aware now. I healed many wounds.