ABSTRACT
Sexual abuse hurts and destroys human closeness and trust. Healthy sex is quite the opposite. It doesn’t hurt; it is nurturing and fun. Healthy sex expresses and encourages safety and caring. (Wendy Maltz, 1991, p. 93)
Not all survivors of child sexual abuse dislike sex. Many women and men who were sexually abused as children have echoed this survivor’s statement:
It surprises me that I don’t have any hang-ups or inhibitions about sex.
