The following questions are related to ‘Sexuality’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: My boyfriend and I have been together for four and a half years and we have a wonderful relationship. We are affectionate, and we are both supportive and encouraging of one another; we love spending time together, laugh a lot, have similar values and are both committed to one another fully. The problem is […]
Q: I am a 29-year-old male from the Caribbean. I was sexually molested by my uncle once when I was a child, and soon after that I experimented with my male cousin and took things a step further. Since then I’ve always tried to have, and enjoyed doing, risky sexual acts with girlfriends, mostly involving […]
Q: I had my first “OCD” attack when I was 10 or 11 years old. I had the constant fear that I might be, or might in the future turn into, a lesbian. I was terrified by the idea, and I desperately wanted to continue liking males (as far as this goes when you’re 11). […]
Q: I am 26 and I think I am in love with a girl. She has a boyfriend. She says she is unhappy, but doesn’t have the strength to break up with him, so she waits for him to do it. The weirdest thing is that I have feelings for her. We met a year […]
Q: After much research and discussion, I’ve noticed that even castration is rarely mentioned as a penalty for adult rape, yet “a poll of over 1,800 Americans showed that about 40% would support the death penalty for child rape” (Editor: according to a Wikipedia article on Revenge). I guess the attitude is that adults will […]
Q: In 2004 I was raped by my (now ex) husband. I say “rape”, because he didn’t stop; he continued to have sex with me even though I was crying and saying no. It happened several more times, until I finally broke down one day and left him. I think back on it now and […]
Q: I am a 22-year-old undergraduate. I have been raped twice by people I loved. Since then, I have found no reason to love anyone again. I tried getting into two other relationships but they did not work out. I hate myself so badly for all that is happening to me, and I can’t seem […]
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