Title: Covert Sexual Abuse--Emotional Abuse Answers
Headings: Covert Sexual Abuse
Covert Sexual Abuse
Denying Covert Sexual Abuse
Covert Sexual Abuse Behaviors
Touching
Words
Kissing
Looking
Exposure
Pornography
Games
Spousification
Effects of Covert Sexual Abuse
Feelings of Worthlessness
Shame
Confusion
Anger Management Problems
Fear of Physical Intimacy
Promiscuity Accompanied by Shame
Treatment
Books
Websites

Content: Her excuse was that she wanted her two daughters to get used to a man’s naked body, supposedly to prepare them for their future as girlfriends and wives. This kind of exposure between parent and child is completely inappropriate. Pornography
A parent who shares pornography with their child is also committing covert sexual abuse. It doesn’t matter if both abuser and child are adults and the abuser has no sexual thoughts about the child. Pornography is about sexual pleasure, and that’s a topic that’s not appropriate conversation between parents and their children, including adult children. Most of us realize this and don’t feel comfortable talking about it with our parents. By sharing with us pornography, abusers force us to violate what feels natural and venture into territory we shouldn’t have to venture into with them. Games
Games that involve nakedness or inappropriate touching or kissing are also covertly sexually abusive behaviors. Though seemingly innocent, they put the child in an inappropriate situation. Strip poker, for example, may be innocent enough fun among consenting adults, but it’s decidedly weird between adults and children or parents and their adult children.