Second, I would like to discuss the images used. I do use images that are semi-graphic. I believe that we are sexual beings and that sexual health is important. Because people used sex to hurt me in the past does not mean I can not re-claim my sexuality and enjoy sex. I wanted to use images that portrayed how I felt but also portrayed sex in a positive manner. I personally enjoy sex and enjoy the intimacy and touching that goes along with sex more and more as years go by and I have health(ier) relationships. I hope that one day you or the people you know who have been impacted by sexual abuse can learn to enjoy sexual contact and be the beings you/they are. It was a shocking revelation for me one day when I realized I was a woman. I know that doesn't make sense, but I never felt like a woman. I was used as a punching bag and a fuck toy for so much of my life that I never thought about what it was to be a woman. Part of healing for me was acknowledging that I am female and enjoying it and knowing that I wanted to be treated not as less equal, but as a woman. This goes for not just my sexual life, but other areas. I always did everything, men's work, women's work, manual labor, and so on. Now I am a woman and I like to be treated as such. I am claiming my sexuality one piece at a time.
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