This is understanding today's narcissist.

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And now here's your host, Christine Hammond.

Welcome back to our series that we're talking about on narcissistic abuse tactics.

And this is our part five where we're going to talk about sexual abuse.

This is a really important topic to discuss, especially in light of all of the media we've been getting lately,

about people reporting sexual abuse and what that looks like and sexual harassment in the workforce.

And so I really want to be clear about what the different stages

look like of sexual abuse. And so the way I'm going to mark it down is we're going to talk

about four different stages. So one is the early stage of sexual abuse. Then there's what I

call the pushy stage. Then the third stage is the

violent stage and last becomes the exit stage. And at each one of these stages, I'm going to

give you examples of some things that narcissists do during those time periods. And just mind

you that this podcast is maybe a little bit longer than some of the others,

but this is a really important topic to cover because sexual abuse can happen both in

and outside of a marital relationship. It can happen in a friendship. It can happen in just

about any relationship you can imagine, including in a workplace environment. And so

the problem is that when you're in a relationship with a narcissist, this type of sexual abuse

can be very embarrassing. And so in order to actually get help in this area, it requires you

admitting to what's going on, which

not a lot of people are comfortable doing. And especially in a marital environment, some people

would even say, well, you're married, too bad, so sad, which is not true at all, because you do

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