Because people don't see it as sexual abuse when it's animals. Even talking about it gets you yelled at: "how dare you compare a woman to a cow." But that's not what we're doing. No one is comparing a woman to a cow. But sexual abuse is sexual abuse, no matter whom it happens to. The victim is still a victim, and trauma is still trauma. It doesn't have to be "the same" for it to count.
Because people don't see it as sexual abuse when it's animals. Even talking about it gets you yelled at: "how dare you compare a woman to a cow." But that's not what we're doing. No one is comparing a woman to a cow. But sexual abuse is sexual abuse, no matter whom it happens to. The victim is still a victim, and trauma is still trauma. It doesn't have to be "the same" for it to count.
Thank you, Sascha 💚 I totally agree!