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Into the A+ Advice Box: Should You Be Dating After an Assault?

Editor's Note: The following contains discussion of sexual assault.

Sometimes, we get a question in the A+ Advice box that seems like it would best be answered in a standalone piece. Often, this is because getting the advice together is just more involved and will take more time and investigation than what we might ordinarily cover in the A+ Advice Box. However, much like the advice box, you're more than welcome to offer your own insight or recommendations in the comments. Thank you all for being A+ members and making the work we do here possible.

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Hi. I'll preface this by saying that I'm already in therapy and on meds. Also, I'm a cis lesbian in my early 40s.

I'm nearly divorced and thought I could date aro...

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danijanae

Dani Janae is a poet and writer based out of Pittsburgh, PA. When she's not writing love poems for unavailable women, she's watching horror movies, hanging with her tarantula, and eating figs. Follow Dani Janae on Twitter and on Instagram.

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