abuse

Dear Dr. Betty,

I've read your books and visited your website for years and I appreciate how sex positive you are for men and women. I'm also aware of your experience as a feminist and therapist and I hope that you can bring both to bear on two questions I have. I'm a thirty-something, heterosexual, male and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Because of my abuse I tend to shy away from physical contact until there is a great deal of trust between me and my partner. Even then, it is challenging for me to enjoy sex fully and I often cannot engage in it.