As an individual who advocates and helps children and some adults deal with sexual molestation, I can answer these to a degree.and know that I have read the majority of her recovery diary..
To preface remembering details of a trauma is difficult and different for everyone. Some will remember exact details other will get flashes, but it peaced together overtime. So her lack of recollection is the exact reason for the diary, to extract some memories in hopes of triggering more to heal such trauma.
So question 1. Yes its a clear reference to some sort of sexual trauma. She doesn't mention her cousin, just the household name.
Question 2. Given we don't know her exact age she is referring to other then young, this one would be equivical, because of she if referring to young as teenage ot appropriate for teenagers to be sex curious obviously..her willingness to go straight to sex is an indicator of a past sex abuse tho. And she mentions in other passages as an adult and questions often why she goes straight for sexual activities.
Question 3. Being ashamed of being turned on is a byproduct of hypersexuality..there really nothing there.,
There is a clear correlation between hypersexuality in kids and sexual abuse. Without knowing her exact age it hard to determine her development stage, but given her mention specifically of showers with Joe and thinking it's inappropriate speaks to her being closer to teen level. Old to enough to realize it inappropriate but familiar enough to still allow it to happen. Which would lead one to believe in sex abuse. Along with her addiction issues these are classic sign of sexual abuse, whether that was Joe or someone else only she knows, but we can put together context clues about Joe behavior regarding kids. The improper touching, the smelling, the strange comments, the focus on a certain age of child. Also consider Hunters issues as well, he displays those signs as well. Maybe Hunter absused her only she knows. Does that answer you question?
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Look again. Caroline is her cousin. “I remember somewhat being sexualized with Caroline.” It’s right after she says the thing about the Woolzacks house.
I’m not asking for answers for my own benefit. I don’t really think there are definite answers in all cases, because it’s such a stream of consciousness that reading it is somewhat interpretive and it is very equivocal.
Also, while I agree with your conclusions about this being evidence she was molested, I think you failed to actually answer the questions that were asked and, as a result, seem to have inflated the likelihood of a preferred outcome.
Objectively, her mention of the showers is bookended by at least 2, probably 3 other memories that are clearly examples of her hypersexuality and are not allegations of molestation (being sexualized with Caroline is arguably equivocal).
Objectively, she remembers the showers. She doesn’t remember specifics of the abuse.
Objectively, she says “probably” inappropriate which, subjectively, seems inconsistent with being diddled by your father.
Objectively, the example of hyper sexuality immediately following the showers in her stream of consciousness is that she was turned on at times that are inappropriate.
Objectively, Ashley Biden still has an outwardly good relationship with her father.
Objectively, there’s no unequivocal accusation against anybody, much less her father.
Subjectively, it’s not hard to make a case that this is more/better evidence that he didn’t molest her than it is evidence that he is someone who did.
Objectively, we agree that there’s evidence she was molested; showering with his daughter after she’s old enough to remember it is, at best, weird (with very few plausible innocent explanations); Joe is creepy in other contexts; and several of his close family have ended up exhibiting anti-social behaviors and maladaption.
Politically, there’s no world in which the good clearly outweighs the bad of “remembering showers with my dad”, but what level of genuine concern is appropriate for something that essentially boils down to “he hasn’t been accused, but we can’t rule it out?”
(Also, objectively, she grew up Catholic in the 80’s and 90’s).