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: Kissing can also be inappropriate on certain parts of the body, such as the neck, breasts, and stomach, which again are especially sensitive and even sexually stimulating. My mother would sometimes playfully bite me, which is a modification of kissing and is also too intimate, in my opinion, to be appropriate between an adult and a child. Looking
Looking can involve seemingly innocent things like walking in on us while we’re bathing or dressing or keeping us company in a dressing room. Obviously there are times when parents need to do this, especially when their children are young. Covert sexual abuse, however, involves repetitive times when it’s inappropriate. For example, when I lived with my parents as a college student, my mother would come into the bathroom almost every time I bathed. As adults, we have the right to privacy when undressed. The fact that the person watching us is a parent doesn’t cancel that right out. Sexual abusers can also give us inappropriate looks. A father, for instance, may closely watch his daughter’s development through puberty.