AlexandraI: Kids and women back then were little more than property. My mother was an extremely religious Catholic woman. She followed all the rules and regulations. This included all the rules the Church had on contraception and birth control. My parents had kids despite the fact that they couldn't afford them and were incapable of truly caring for them emotionally, psychologically or any other way. At the same time, I truly felt sorry for my mother. Her husband liked to make babies but did little to take care of them once they were born. She was truly by herself in taking care of her children. My father slept at our house but mostly he was working or at the bar. Later in life, she considered divorcing him but he developed lung cancer and she decided to stay with him. When I  recovered the memories of the sex abuse, I went to talk to my mother. Of course, she had no memories of that day. She went to the local pastor of her Church who convinced her I was making it all up.Very sad.